JP2005266796A - Learning program of blank problem style utilizing computer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program for displaying equivalent information in each blank in a previously recorded order according to single input operation by a user in a computer program for displaying a picture including blanks and displaying the equivalent information to each blank; to provide a program which handles both of characters and pictures as a text file and a picture file and which can be incorporated in conventional technique; and to reproduce a voice file when displaying the equivalent information in the blank. <P>SOLUTION: Corresponding index information is assigned to each blank in the picture, and the equivalent information in the blank is displayed in the order of this index information. The displaying order of the blanks in the picture is decided by the position in a sentence at the left/upper end of the picture. The voice file corresponding to the equivalent information in the blank is reproduced when displaying. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention operates on a computer, displays a blank question in the initial display, and displays a correct answer in the blank in response to an operation using the input device of the user after the initial display. It relates to the program used.

Various learning programs have been created since around 1996, the year after Windows95 (registered trademark) was released as an OS for personal computers from Microsoft Corporation. But most learning programs have disappeared in a few years. Four causes are described below.

The first cause is that it is difficult to create data. Sooner or later you will feel that existing data alone will be insufficient as you progress through the learning program. If the data creation is complex and requires specialized knowledge, the data is virtually never created and the learning program is no longer used.

From the educator's point of view, students have various levels of understanding and memory. Even if it is an appropriate problem for a student, it is a daily routine that is too easy or too difficult for another student. The problem needs to be in a simple format that can be easily updated.

The vast majority of computer users are not experts in computers or learning programs and do not need to be experts. Since the purpose is to learn knowledge efficiently using a computer, it is the end of the fall that puts a heavy burden on learning how to use the computer.

The second cause is low data compatibility. Data compatibility has been neglected in most traditional learning programs. In the case of data in a special format, it is difficult to incorporate the data of another program into the data of the learning program, or conversely, divert the data of the learning program to the data of another program. Then, the learning program is not used and the program data is not used.

This is a huge waste from a long-term perspective. The learning data should be accumulated and reused repeatedly. For this purpose, it is necessary that the data for other programs can be easily taken in and can be easily used as data for other programs.

For example, data of a program that stores data in a unique binary format is the least compatible data. The original binary data cannot be diverted as data of other programs unless converted into text data. In order to convert original binary format data into text data or the like, a dedicated conversion program is required, and learning how to use it becomes a burden on the user.

Saving data as a text file is more compatible than a binary file. This is because the text file can be used not only by a text editor but also by various programs such as a word processor program, a spreadsheet program, a browser, and a database.

However, compatibility, reusability, and ease of data creation are impaired if the text file is also in a highly restrictive format.

Two specific examples of highly restrictive text data are given below.

Specific example 1 “Gotaku” data “Gotaku” means “five choices”, that is, five choices. This is a quiz game program that can be downloaded from the Vector website on the Internet. This program displays five comparatively short question sentences that fit on one screen and five answer options for the question sentence. The user selects one option that is considered a correct answer. The program determines whether the selected option is the correct answer and displays the result.

In this program, a data file encrypted in a binary format is used, but when converted into a text file, the following contents are used.

Genpei War

What was the battle in which Mr. Taira Yoshimoto and Noriyori were defeated by Mr. Taira who approached Kyo in 1184?
The Battle of Ichinoya The Battle of Iri Valley The Battle of Shijo The Battle of Yajima The Battle of Dannoura

In 1185, what was the battle that Yoshitsune Genji beat Mr. Taira?
Battle of Yajima Battle of Mt.

In this example, the first line "Genpei Conflict" is the title of the data file, and the second and subsequent lines are "Lines with only line breaks, question sentence lines, correct answer lines, and incorrect answer options." It is a repetition of.

This data has a strong constraint that the question and answer must have a one-to-one relationship, that is, a relatively short question sentence and its answer. For example, in the sentence “Hideyoshi who succeeded Nobunaga destroyed Hojo in Odawara and unified the whole country”, there are three keywords “Hideyoshi”, “1590” and “Hojo”. These three keywords are all knowledge to be memorized.

However, only one out of the three keywords can be given in the question sentence. If a document obtained from a CD-ROM attached to a book or a web page on the Internet is a long sentence, the sentence should be fragmented and re-edited into a question sentence / answer corresponding to a one-to-one question and answer. I must. This work is a heavy burden on the creator of the data file.

It is also a heavy burden on the data creator to create four incorrect answer options for each correct answer.

Example 2 Learning program data using links

A known technique called “link” is known as an HTML file. In the case of a learning program using this, for example, the following data is used.

@@ Problem [001] who succeeded Oda Nobunaga destroyed [003] of Odawara in [002] and unified the whole country. In the battle of [004] in 1600, the Eastern army led by Ieyasu Tokugawa defeated the Western army led by [005].

@@answer
001 = Hideyoshi Toyotomi
002 = 1590
003 = Hojo
004 = Sekigahara
005 = Mitsunari Ishida

In this example, the question sentence is from the line after "@@ question" to the line immediately before "@@ answer", and from the line after "@@ answer" The corresponding words are described in each blank. The correspondence between the blank and the answer is linked (associated) with a number such as 001.

In the case of this data, the original document “Hideyoshi Toyotomi who succeeded Nobunaga Oda destroyed Hojo in Odawara and unified the whole country in 1590. In the battle of Sekigahara in 1600, the East Army led by Ieyasu Tokugawa is headed by Mitsunari Ishida The work that re-edited "The Army Defeated" into a document file of the above format,
(1) Remove blank words from the original document,
(2) Write a number to be the link information at that position,
(3) The phrase corresponding to each blank must be written together with the number of link information at the end of the question sentence or in another data file.

These operations are a heavy burden for users who create data. If a tool program that makes editing work more efficient is created, the burden of editing work is reduced, but in that case, it becomes a burden on the user to understand and master the operation method of the editing tool program.

The third cause is that it is difficult to understand the function and usage of the learning program. For example, Macromedia's authoring program Director handles a variety of functions, including video and audio in addition to text and still images.

However, it is difficult to use, and it is necessary to learn how to use for a certain period. This is a burden on the user. A personal computer is a tool, not a purpose. The learning program is also a tool, not a purpose. Since the purpose is to acquire the knowledge provided by the learning program, learning how to use the learning program itself and learning how to create data should not be a burden.

The fourth cause is difficult operation. For example, an operation of inputting characters from a keyboard is not an easy operation even if touch typing can be performed.

Many conventional learning programs require the user to input a character string. Since only a small amount of information can be input compared to writing with a pencil on paper, and the input operation is cumbersome and exhausted, it is often less efficient than conventional learning methods using paper and writing instruments.

In the past, it was considered natural to input numbers and characters from the keyboard when using a computer, and it was recognized that it was inefficient until a learning program using the technology of Japanese Patent 3554742 described below was put on the market. Was not.

About Japanese Patent 3554742

The present invention is a learning program for displaying a blank problem and satisfies all of the following conditions.
(1) Easy data creation
(2) High data compatibility
(3) Easy to understand functions and usage
(4) Easy operation

The data handled by the disclosed method is a text file in which a word to be blank is surrounded by a specific symbol (for example, []).

For example, if “Hideyoshi Toyotomi who succeeded Oda Nobunaga destroyed the Hojo of Odawara and unified the whole country in 1590” is used as data, “Nobunaga Oda [Hideyoshi Toyotomi] who succeeded Odawara in [1590] "Hojo] has been destroyed and the whole country has been unified."

This is the simplest method for creating data for a learning program. Further, in order to return the text file to the original text file, a known text editor replacement function may be used. You can remove [and] by specifying [or] for the character string before replacement and making the character string after replacement empty.

Since the text file can be used not only by a text editor but also by a word processor program such as Ichitaro, a spreadsheet program such as Excel, and a browser such as Netscape Navigator, data compatibility is high.

It is easy for the user to handle because it is clear at a glance which words in the question sentence are considered blank problems. Format constraints on data creation are kept to a minimum.

Further, not only is it easy to create learning program data, but the operation for learning using the program is the simplest operation of "just pressing a specific key on the keyboard". Each time the user presses a line feed key, for example, answers are displayed one by one in the blank. For this reason, a large amount of knowledge can be confirmed in a short time.

The value of this invention will be described below.

The first value is the combination of the simplest data format and the simplest operation method in configuring the learning program.

A text file is the easiest file to create, and the simplest way to create a data file is to insert parentheses to convert it into data for a learning program.

As a computer operation method,
Input a character string with the keyboard (character string input)
Entering numbers with the keyboard (numeric input)
Select an item from the displayed list with a mouse click (selection input)
One of them has been adopted from the past.

In the case of the program of the present invention, the user only presses a specific key after the initial display. The program will display the answers one after the other, and page breaks as necessary. This operation should be called “fixed input”, and is the simplest operation of the computer.

Since the operation is simple, the user can confirm and learn a large amount of knowledge in a short time. Specifically, once the knowledge has been established, it is possible to answer 250 blank questions in 10 minutes and 1000 blank questions in 40 minutes.

This is a number that is not possible with other blank programs for printed matter and other learning programs that require other input operations.

In this way, there is a significant design value in optimizing and combining the data creation method and the computer operation method at the time of learning using the created data so as to be the simplest.

The second value is a control method that allows a computer to be used with a limited and simple operation method in which a keyboard that is originally used for inputting character information is simply pressed by a specific key. Conventionally, a keyboard is used to input numbers and characters. However, the keyboard is limited to a simple method of simply pressing and holding a specific button, and a plurality of processes are assigned to the simple operation. In other words, if there are blanks with no answer displayed on the screen, the answer is displayed in the first blank of those blanks, and if there is no blank with no answer on the screen, the page break function is assigned. ing.

The third value is not only the character display but also the design that can display the image in the document, and the display position of the image is an arbitrary position and size in the text file, and the display position is displayed. The size of the image is visually obvious when you look at the text file.

Some text information is difficult to express. Further, when there is image information in addition to character information, a more effective impression can be given to the learner.

The image display function is indispensable for designing the learning software. When displaying the image, the position and size of the displayed image can be freely set, and the data creator can easily display the image visually. Designing the file and making the program compatible with it has a significant effect.

The program for realizing the learning program of the present invention is actually sold as shareware on the Internet under the name of “1 answer per second”, and the number of users is continuously increasing. A data file for one answer per second is also on sale. Users have continuously reported that they have achieved good results in school regular exams and passed qualification exams.

1 answer per second weakness

One answer per second is an effective learning program for high school subjects in English, society, Japanese, science biology and chemistry.

However, it was not suitable for mathematics and physics. Math and physics often use equations and graphs. One answer per second can be specified as a blank question in the text file.

In a text file,
Fractional power Square root Vector Sequence index Integral symbol Graph cannot be expressed.

A function to set a blank problem in an image is necessary for learning mathematics and physics, and realization of this function was strongly desired.

About JP 2002-287607

The present invention describes a method for setting a blank problem in an image. In the disclosed method, a printed matter such as a textbook is read by a scanner, and character information is also stored as image data. The word / phrase to be a blank problem is controlled by making it invisible to the user with image data called “blindfold data”.

This method has the following disadvantages.

The first drawback is as follows. The “blindfold data” of the disclosed method is image data that hides all blank portions and makes them invisible to the user, but it can only control whether all the answers are displayed or all are hidden. This is extremely inconvenient for learning.

For example, in the problem of the integration formula shown in FIG. 2, it is convenient for the learner to display the answers in the order of the lower limit of the integration range a, the upper limit of the integration range b, the denominator 6, and the power 3.

For example, when multiple vertical bulleted sentences are arranged in the image and there is a blank at the end of each sentence, it is convenient for the learner to display the correct answer in this blank from right to left. It is.

When words in a sentence are left blank, correct answers may be displayed in the order in which those blanks appear from the beginning of the sentence. However, when displaying the correct answer in the blank in the image, a function for displaying the correct answer in an order determined in advance for each image is essential.

Ordinary people do not answer multiple blanks at once. For multiple blanks, it should have the function of displaying correct answers one by one in the order that is easy to answer.

This is because it is not uncommon for multiple blank questions to have an order that is easy to answer or an order that follows the flow of logic.

The disclosed method does not have a control method for displaying correct answers in the blanks in a preset display order.

In memorizing knowledge, it is an effective study method to solve the same problem repeatedly. In the case of solving the same problem repeatedly, a program that displays the correct answer in the blank requires a function for hiding all displayed correct answers in one operation.

Furthermore, it is important that correct answers can be displayed with a simple and simple operation. Specifically, it is desirable to display correct answers one by one in a preset display order by simply repeating a simple operation such as pressing a specific key on the keyboard, and to perform a page break if necessary. This is because the biggest problem with using computers is that the input operation is troublesome.

For example, in the case of a program designed to input a character string from a keyboard, the user gets tired of the input operation and becomes practice of input rather than learning of knowledge.

In the case of a program that performs a test, that is, allows the user to input an answer and determines the correctness of the input answer, a complicated input operation is essential rather than a simple operation of pressing a specific key. However, even in such a case, unless the input operation is relatively simple such as selecting one answer from the list of choices, the test is inefficient and the effect of the program is impaired.

A learning program or test program must not only be able to “learn” and test, but also “learn more efficiently”. Whether it can be done efficiently can be determined only by actually creating a program, creating a large amount of data, and using it for studying some kind of exam.

As a learning program for displaying an image including a blank, it is necessary to satisfy the following three conditions.
(1) Not only can blanks be set in one image, but a plurality of blanks can be set. (2) Not only can a correct answer be displayed in these blanks, but a preset is set according to a single operation of the user. The correct answers can be displayed in the display order. (3) Not only the displayed correct answers can be hidden, but also all the correct answers can be hidden by one operation of the user.

Such recognition cannot be achieved even by those skilled in the art only by thinking in their heads. As mentioned above, this recognition is not reached until an actual program is created, various data are created, and the experience to be used for actual examination study is gained.

The above three conditions are indispensable conditions. Reaching this recognition is the most difficult point in designing the image blank problem display program, and reaching this recognition is the essential value of the present invention.

A second drawback is that even text information is stored in an image file.
Character information stored as an image file is a task that is remarkably troublesome to update compared to character information stored as text data.

When replacing some characters in the image with other characters, it is necessary to make the font and font size of the characters used match the existing characters, which is impossible in a short time. It is easy to create images with uneven fonts and sizes. The arrangement of characters is also likely to shift.

In addition, character information stored as an image file cannot be searched like character information stored as text data.

Character information stored as text data can be searched across multiple text files, such as grep search, or fuzzy search using regular expressions.

For text information saved as an image file, a person displays an image file and reads what is written in the text, or reads text information from the image by a character recognition program and extracts text information. And it will search, but it takes a lot of time and there are also recognition errors. Examining what is written in the stored image data in characters is not practical in practice.

Character information is a text file, and only information that cannot be expressed in characters is saved as image information. This is natural and advantageous from the viewpoint of updating and searching, and the file size can be small. Saving all character information and image information as an image is extremely inconvenient and impractical for subsequent use, even though there is an advantage that data can be created simply by reading with a scanner.

This recognition can also be reached only by actually creating a program, creating data, and using it.

A first problem is a learning program that displays an image including a blank, and satisfies the following three conditions.
(1) Not only can blanks be set in one image, but a plurality of blanks can be set. (2) Not only can a correct answer be displayed in these blanks, but a preset is set according to a single operation of the user. The correct answers can be displayed in the display order. (3) Not only the displayed correct answers can be hidden, but also all the correct answers can be hidden by one operation of the user.

The second problem is to solve the first problem by making it a technology that can be incorporated into the technology of Japanese Patent 3554742.
This technique has already been established in the United States as US Pat. No. 6,632,096.

Furthermore, this technique is also a basic technique of the techniques of Japanese Patent Nos. 3321650 and 3493609.

If it can be incorporated into the technology of Japanese Patent No. 3554742, this basic technology will be even more effective.

The third problem is to provide a technology that allows the user to understand and use as easily as possible.

The fourth problem is to provide users with rich information as well as display (visual information).

In order to solve the above problem, the invention described in claim 1 is:
A program for causing a computer to realize a function of displaying an image including one or more blanks in the initial display and displaying information corresponding to each blank after the initial display,
A function for displaying information corresponding to blanks in the order recorded in advance according to a single input operation by the user after the initial display,
It is set as the program characterized by having.

The invention described in claim 2
The program according to claim 1, wherein image information including blanks, index information, position information, and corresponding character strings corresponding to the blanks are read.

The invention described in claim 3
The program according to claim 1, wherein image information including blanks, index information, position information, and corresponding images corresponding to the blanks are read.

The invention described in claim 4
The program according to claim 1, wherein image information including a blank, an image group in which an image corresponding to the blank is complemented, and index information of the image group are read.

The invention described in claim 5
(A) Character information specified by enclosing a blank character string with a specific symbol,
(Ii) Image information including blanks, index information of blanks in the image, information corresponding to each blank,
Is a program that reads and displays them on one screen,
In the initial display, both (A) blank character and (I) image blank are displayed as blank, and after the initial display, the corresponding information is displayed in the blank according to the user's single input operation. The correct answer display order of the blanks is the order in which they appear from the beginning of the sentence, and the blank in the image is displayed next to which blank in the sentence is determined by the position in the upper left sentence of the image.

The invention described in claim 6
2. The program according to claim 1, wherein when displaying information corresponding to a blank in the image, a sound for reading out the information is output.

The user can display the corresponding information one by one in a predetermined display order in a plurality of blanks in the image only by continuing a single input operation, for example, an operation of pressing a line feed key on the keyboard.
The operation of simply pressing the line feed key is simple, and it is easy about 5 times per second. Therefore, 5 knowledges can be displayed in the blank in 1 second.

This is a much simpler operation than other operations, such as clicking each blank with the mouse.

Since it is possible to set the display in an order that is preferable for understanding and learning of knowledge, the display order can be controlled to an order in accordance with the flow of logic or an order that is easy to memorize. The ability to specify the display order in advance in image units is clearly a technical feature and is an advantageous and indispensable effect. This subject and effect are not described in the cited example.

Further, in the case of the invention described in claim 4, there is an advantage that the creation of data is the easiest. This advantage will be described in detail in Example 3.

Further, according to the present invention, character information is handled as a text file, image information is handled as an image file, and can be incorporated into the technology of Japanese Patent No. 3554742 that displays both characters and images. It is easy, and the image can be used with the effect of expressing information that cannot be expressed in text.
In the inventions described in claims 6 and 7, when the corresponding information in the blank is displayed, the information is read out by voice so that rich information is provided to the user.

Examples are given below.

Assume that index information, position information, and a corresponding character string corresponding to each blank are recorded in advance as attributes for an image file including blanks.

For example, for the image in Fig. 8, it is considered appropriate for the Japanese to display the denominator 2a in the order of 4a within the square root (in Japanese, fractions are read in the order of the denominator first, followed by the numerator. Therefore, it is assumed that the following attributes are recorded in advance.

blankmax = 2
blank (0) .x = 235
blank (0) .y = 151
blank (0) .text = "2a"
blank (1) .x = 352
blank (1) .y = 102
blank (1) .text = "4ac"

blankmax represents the number of blanks in the image, x represents the horizontal position of the blank, y represents the vertical position of the blank, and text represents the character string corresponding to the blank. 0 and 1 in parentheses are index information.

The 0th blank indicates that the upper left corner of the image is at the position (235, 151) with the origin (0, 0) as the origin, and the character string in the blank is “2a”. The same applies to the first blank.

It is well known that there are various other methods for recording these information.

In GIF and JPG files, character information can also be stored as attributes in the image file. The information of the previous period can be recorded as an attribute in the image file, or can be saved as a separate file.

For example, if the image file name is “quadratic.gif” and the corresponding attribute file is “quadratic.ini”, it can be saved as a separate file.

There are merits and demerits in storing the attribute in the image file and in the case of making the file different.

If the attribute is stored in the image file, the number of files is small because it is a single file, and handling is easy in duplication and deletion. However, in order to store the attributes in the image file, a dedicated program for that purpose is required, and if the user must learn how to operate the dedicated program, the threshold is high for the user.

If the attribute is a separate file, for example, if it is an ini file that is a text file, it can be edited with a well-known program such as the text editor "Notepad" that comes with Windows (registered trademark). Easy to create and update. However, this is disadvantageous because the number of files increases.

When the image file of FIG. 8 exists and the attribute information as described above is recorded, the learning program processes the information as follows.

First, in the initial display, the image file of FIG. 8 is displayed.
Next, after the initial display, when the user performs an operation to display a blank in the image, such as pressing a line feed key on the keyboard, pressing a button, clicking a mouse, touching the display, or making a sound. The corresponding character string is displayed in the first blank among the hidden blanks. The attribute information may be used for this process.

After the initial display, when the user performs an operation to hide all blanks in the image, such as pressing the Delete key or right-clicking the mouse, the currently displayed image is deleted, and the image of FIG. May be displayed again.

These techniques can be realized relatively easily by those skilled in the art, particularly if there is experience in programming image display.

The technology of Japanese Patent No. 3554742 includes the technologies of Japanese Patent Nos. 3321650 and 3493609 using this technology as a basic technology.

Japanese Patent No. 3321650 is a program that realizes an option test function using the same data as Japanese Patent No. 3554742 that displays a blank problem.

Japanese Patent No. 3493609 is a program that realizes an option test function by adding an option file to the same data as Japanese Patent 3554742 displaying a blank problem.

The technique of the first embodiment can be incorporated into the technique of Japanese Patent 3554742.
Since the information corresponding to the blank is a character string, the techniques of Japanese Patent Nos. 3321650 and 3493609 can be used. That is, not only the correct character string is displayed in the blank in the image, but also a choice test in which a list of choices is displayed in the vicinity of each blank and the user can select one answer can be performed. This is the greatest advantage of this embodiment.

In the first embodiment, since the information in the blank is a character string (text), contents that cannot be described in text such as fraction, power, and square root have a drawback that the blank problem cannot be made. Therefore, in this embodiment, the blank space is also an image.

Assume that index information, position information, and a corresponding image corresponding to each blank are recorded in advance as attributes for an image file including blanks.

For example, assume that the following attribute information is recorded in advance for the image file in FIG. 9 (file name is quadratic.gif).

blankmax = 2
blank (0) .x = 235
blank (0) .y = 151
blank (0) .img = "quadratic_1.gif"
blank (1) .x = 270
blank (1) .y = 102
blank (1) .img = "quadratic_2.gif"

blankmax represents the number of blanks in the image, x represents the horizontal position of the blank, y represents the vertical position of the blank, and img represents the image corresponding to the blank. 0 and 1 in parentheses are index information.

Furthermore, it is assumed that the image file of FIG. 10 is created with the file name of quadratic_1.gif and the image file of FIG. 11 is created with the file name of quadratic_2.gif.

Needless to say, the three image files, quadratic.gif, quadratic_1.gif, and quadratic_2.gif, and quadratic.ini that stores the attribute information are four separate files. It is also possible to combine these files into one file.

When these pieces of information are recorded, the learning program processes the information as follows.

First, in the initial display, the image file of FIG. 9 is displayed.
Next, after the initial display, when the user performs an operation to display a blank in the image, the corresponding image is displayed in the first blank in the non-display blank.

After the initial display, when the user performs an operation to hide all the blanks in the image, the currently displayed image may be deleted and the image of FIG. 9 may be displayed again. These techniques can be realized relatively easily by those skilled in the art, particularly if there is experience in programming image display.

The technique of the second embodiment can be incorporated into the technique of Japanese Patent No. 3554742. An advantage of the first embodiment is that information that is difficult to express with characters can be displayed in the blank as an image.

Assume that an image group in which images corresponding to blanks are complemented and index information of these image groups are recorded for an image file including blanks.

For example, for the image file in Figure 2 (file name is integral.gif)
The image file in Fig. 3 has the file name integral_1.gif.
The image file in Figure 4 is the file name integral_2.gif.
The image file in Figure 5 is the file name integral_3.gif.
The image file in Fig. 6 is the file name integral_4.gif.
Assume that they have been created and stored in the same folder as integral.gif.

In this example, the number in the file name also serves as index information. If there is no underscore and number in the file name (integral.gif), the index information is 0.

When these pieces of information are recorded, the learning program processes the information as follows.

First, in the initial display, the image file of FIG. 2 is displayed.
Next, after the initial display, when the user performs an operation to display a blank in the image, the corresponding image is displayed in the first blank in the non-display blank.

For example, the following processing may be performed.
First, the file name excluding the extension of integral.gif, followed by an underscore and a sequential number starting with 1, that is,
integral_1.gif
integral_2.gif
integral_3.gif
(The same file name is created thereafter.)
And search for these files in the folder with integral.gif.

In this example,
integral_1.gif
integral_2.gif
integral_3.gif
integral_4.gif
The program recognizes that integral_5.gif does not exist.

From this search, the number of blanks in integral.gif is four, the image with the correct answer displayed in the first blank is integral_1.gif, and the image with the correct answer displayed in the second blank is integral_2. It is recognized that an image with a correct answer displayed in gif and up to the third blank is integral_3.gif, and an image with correct answers displayed in the fourth blank, that is, all of the blanks, is integral_4.gif.

If the program uses integral_1.gif, integral_2.gif, integral_3.gif, integral_4.gif, and displays FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 in order, the correct answer in the order of the index information in the blanks Is displayed.

After the initial display, when the user performs an operation to hide all blanks in the image, the currently displayed image may be deleted and the image of FIG. 2 may be displayed again. These techniques can be realized relatively easily by those skilled in the art, particularly if there is experience in programming image display.

The technique of the third embodiment can be incorporated into the technique of Japanese Patent 3554742. The advantage that the information difficult to express with characters can be displayed in the blank as an image is the same as the advantage of the second embodiment. However, there is a very important advantage that the data can be easily created.

The ease of data creation will be described below in comparison with the case of the second embodiment.
The data creation method in the second embodiment is as follows if FIG. 12 is taken as an example.
(1) Create the image file of FIG.
(2) The image of FIG. 12 is partially duplicated to create the images of FIGS. 10 and 11 and stored in the same image file or in another file.
(3) Index information is recorded for the two blanks in the image of FIG. 12, and the position of the upper left corner of the blank rectangle is checked and recorded.
(4) The image is partially deleted from FIG. 12, and the image file of FIG. 14 is created.

The method of creating data in the third embodiment is as follows if FIG. 12 is taken as an example.
(1) Create the image file of FIG.
(2) The image is partially erased from FIG. 12 to create the image file of FIG. 13, and the image is partially erased from FIG. 13 to create the image file of FIG.

In the case of Example 3,
・ There are few data creation procedures. ・ Only the image needs to be edited, and it does not handle numerical or character attribute information, which is an easy and simple task. This advantage of easily creating data is particularly noticeable among the three embodiments.

In the past, especially before 1990, the price of memory and storage media was high, and technology for saving memory and storage media was often sought as a patent effect. From this viewpoint, the image information of the third embodiment is not preferable in that duplicate information is recorded. In FIG. 12, FIG. 13, and FIG. 14, the image information other than the blank portion is common.

However, since 2000, personal computers have become widespread in society, and the prices of memories and storage media have fallen, and the technology to save them often has little meaning.

In the data creation of the third embodiment, although there is a defect that has redundant useless information, this defect is an insignificant defect. is there. This is particularly noteworthy among the three embodiments. Darefully creating redundant data has an unexpected effect. This advantage cannot be recognized by those skilled in the art unless they have the experience to actually create a large number of data.

It will be described below that the technologies of the first, second, and third embodiments can be incorporated into the technology of Japanese Patent No. 3554742.

In the technology of Japanese Patent 3554742,
(1) a sentence including a blank,
(2) Initially display an image incorporated at an arbitrary position in the sentence.

Then, in response to a single operation such as a user pressing a line feed key, the corresponding character strings are displayed one by one in the blank in the sentence.

FIG. 15 shows an example of a text file including two image areas handled by the technology of Japanese Patent No. 3554742.

The inside of the frame is the contents of the text file. The numbers 21 arranged vertically on the left of the frame indicate the line number, and the numbers 22 aligned horizontally on the frame indicate the byte position of the character.

In this example, the symbol specifying the blank in the sentence is [], and the symbol specifying the image area is {}.

The first image area is a rectangular area with diagonal lines starting from "2nd line, 1st byte parenthesis {11" and "10th line, 6th byte parenthesis end} 13". This area contains the file img1.gif. Indicates that a name image file is displayed.

The second image area is a rectangular area with diagonal lines starting from "4th line, 8th byte bracket start {12" and "8th line, 13th byte bracket end} 14". Indicates that a name image file is displayed.

The learning program of the technology of Japanese Patent No. 3554742 displays the described characters as they are except in the first and second image areas, but the characters eel and squid enclosed in [] are displayed in the initial display. Don't, display a blank at this position.

When the technique of the present invention is incorporated into this technique, blanks are displayed both in text and in images.

In this case, the display order of the corresponding information in the blank is as follows:
(A) For blanks in a sentence, the order in which blanks appear from the beginning of the sentence (b) For blanks in an image, in the order set by the attribute file or image file name (c) Blanks in the image and in the sentence The order of the blank space is determined by the position in the sentence where the upper left position of the image is.

For example, in the text file of FIG.
The image
2nd row, 1st byte, 4th row, 8th byte.

Blanks in the text
2nd row, 19th byte, 4th row, 25th byte.

From these location information,
2nd row, blank in the 1st byte image,
2nd line, 19th byte blank,
4th row, blank in the 8th byte image,
4th row, 25th byte blank,
The corresponding blank information may be displayed in the order of.

When there are a plurality of blanks in the image, the images are displayed in the order of the index information in the blank of each image.
Therefore, the technology of the present invention can be incorporated into the technology of Japanese Patent No. 3554742.

Next, a method of outputting sound when displaying the corresponding information in the blank in the image will be described below.
In Example 1, the corresponding information in the blank is
blank (0) .text = "2a"
blank (1) .text = "4ac"
It is.
Therefore,
2a.wav
4ac.wav
Prepare a sound file that reads “2a” and “4ac” with the file names of 2a.wav and 4ac.wav, respectively, when “2a” and “4ac” are displayed.

In Example 2, the corresponding information in the blank is
blank (0) .img = "quadratic_1.gif"
blank (1) .img = "quadratic_2.gif"
It is.
Therefore,
quadratic_1.wav
quadratic_2.wav
Prepare an audio file that reads the information with the file name of, and play quadratic_1.wav and quadratic_2.wav respectively when displaying quadratic_1.gif and quadratic_2.gif.

In Example 3, the corresponding information in the blank is
integral_1.gif
integral_2.gif
integral_3.gif
integral_4.gif
It is.
Therefore,
integral_1.wav
integral_2.wav
integral_3.wav
integral_4.wav
It is sufficient to prepare an audio file that reads out the information with the file name, and to reproduce the corresponding audio file when displaying the image file.
When information corresponding to a blank is displayed in this way, blank information can be output by voice if an audio file corresponding to the display information is prepared.

In this specification, the data structure of the file and the integration and division of the file have been described in considerable detail, but it is well known that numerous modifications and improvements can be easily considered.

For example, for the attribute information of the blank in the image according to the first embodiment, an improvement in which font information of a character string is added or a modification in which font information is set in character units instead of character string units can be considered.

In the second embodiment, an image file used in the blank space may be collectively managed in a specific folder, and this folder may be shared and referenced by all blank space-containing image files.

In the third embodiment, a modification in which index information other than the file name is provided can be considered.
For example, the attribute file is made independent and the index information and the file name corresponding to each index are written in the attribute file. The attribute file is not managed in units of files, but concentrated in the database (single file). It can be considered to be a modification to manage.

In addition to processing using the upper left position of the image, processing using the center position of the image is also conceivable.

In other words,
-Increase the number of information to be handled-Change some of the information to be handled-Change the management unit of information to be handled (file integration and division)
・ Sharing information to be handled ・ Managing information to be handled in a database in a batch ・ Encrypting information to be handled can be modified.
For user operations,
・ Change of input device and operation method can be considered.
As for the display,
・ Variations such as displaying the blank as a rectangle, displaying the blank as an underline, and displaying the blank as a three-dimensional text box are possible.
These variations are very simple to those skilled in the art.

Such a modification is a small modification, and partial replacement and partial function deletion can be naturally performed by those skilled in the art. It is very easy to think of a few differences, and there are countless differences, and it is impossible to describe all of them.

If the deformation and replacement are easy and there are only a few differences and the difference in effect due to the difference is small, the effect is almost the same as that of the present invention, and the present invention is effectively “equivalent”.

If a counterfeit product that has only undergone a slight modification is not judged as infringement by the court, it would be meaningless to take a patent, the patent system itself would be meaningless, and there would be no sense of technical development, software It will hinder industrial activation.

As described above, according to the computer-based learning program according to the present invention,
(1) Not only can blanks be set in one image, but a plurality of blanks can be set. (2) Not only can a correct answer be displayed in these blanks, but a preset is set according to a single operation of the user. The correct answer can be displayed in the display order. (3) The displayed correct answer can be hidden, and all the correct answers can be hidden by a single operation of the user.

A program that handles only character information cannot display an image, and a program that handles only image information cannot easily update or search for character information.

In the present invention, since characters are text files and images can be incorporated into the technology program of Japanese Patent No. 3554742 that handles images, it is easy to update and search for character information and display blank problems in images. .

So far, there have been few computer-based learning programs in the fields of mathematics and physics, and there have been only hobbies aimed at visually interesting effects such as drawing graphs.

There are many formulas and theorems that should be memorized in mathematics and physics, but there are few blank problem display programs on the market for the purpose of understanding and memorizing these. This is because equations and graphs cannot be handled by text files.

In the future, however, content (data) will be actively created for theorems and formulas in mathematics and physics using equations and graphs, and the computer education industry will be activated in these fields as well.

In the learning program of claim 4 (Example 3), in addition, the data is easy to understand visually, and even a general person who is not a computer expert can easily create the data.

Delicious food is said to be tasted with the five senses. A really delicious dish is said to be beautiful, fragrant, crispy, tasty, and delicious when eaten.
It is known that not only learning (sight) but also writing (motor sense) and reading aloud (motor sense and hearing) are more effective. There is no doubt that outputting not only the corresponding information in the blank but also sound will have the effect of enhancing the impression of the user's learning experience.
When I created a program and data with an added voice output function and tried it out, I received a lot of comments, such as “interesting”, “learning was just finished” and “female voice is attractive”.

Mathematical images containing integral symbols, fractions, and powers that cannot be represented in a text file An image including a blank created from the image of FIG. An image in which the correct answer is displayed in the first blank of the image shown in FIG. Image displaying correct answer in the second blank to be displayed in the image of FIG. Image displaying correct answer in the third blank to be displayed in the image of FIG. Image showing correct answers in all blanks in the image of FIG. Formula images that contain fractions, powers, and square roots that cannot be represented in a text file An image including a blank created from the image of FIG. An image including a blank created from the image of FIG. An image created by partially copying the image of FIG. An image created by partially copying the image of FIG. Images that cannot be represented by text files An image created by partially erasing the image of FIG. An image created by partially erasing the image of FIG. An example of a text file including two image areas handled by the technology of Japanese Patent 3554742.

Explanation of symbols

11 Opening parenthesis {
12 Opening parenthesis {
13 End of parenthesis}
14 End of parenthesis}
21 Number representing line number
Number representing 22 byte position

Claims (6)

A program for causing a computer to realize a function of displaying an image including one or more blanks in the initial display and displaying information corresponding to each blank after the initial display,
A function for displaying information corresponding to blanks in an image in a pre-recorded order in accordance with a single input operation by a user;
A program characterized by comprising: 2. The program according to claim 1, wherein image information including blanks, index information corresponding to each blank, position information, and a corresponding character string are read. The program according to claim 1, wherein image information including blanks, index information, position information, and corresponding images corresponding to the blanks are read. The program according to claim 1, wherein image information including a blank, an image group in which an image corresponding to the blank is complemented, and index information of the image group are read. (A) Character information specified by enclosing a blank character string with a specific symbol,
(Ii) Image information including blanks, index information of blanks in the image, information corresponding to each blank,
Is a program that reads and displays them on one screen,
In the initial display, both (A) blank character and (I) image blank are displayed as blank, and after the initial display, the corresponding information is displayed in the blank according to the user's single input operation. The correct answer display order of the blanks is the order in which they appear from the beginning of the sentence, and which blank part in the sentence is to be displayed next is determined by the position in the upper left sentence of the image. The program according to claim 1, wherein when information corresponding to a blank in an image is displayed, a sound for reading out the information is output.

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