JP2007133649A - Apparatus, method and program for supporting lecture - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lecture supporting apparatus for supporting the execution of a lecture. <P>SOLUTION: The lecture supporting apparatus is provided with: a registered face image data storage part 151 for storing a registered face image in which a trainee's face image is previously registered; an attendance data storage part 152 for storing a attendance state of a participant in a lecture; an image pickup part 120 for picking up a face image of the participant; an authentication part 131 for authenticating the participant by collating an input face image which is the face image picked up by the image pickup part 120 with the registered face image stored in the registered face image data storage part 151; and an attendance management part 132 for updating the attendance state stored in the attendance data storage part 152 on the basis of the authentication result of the authentication part 131. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a lecture support apparatus, a lecture support method, and a lecture support program that identify an exact student by performing personal authentication using a face image and support efficient lecture implementation.

  In order to efficiently and smoothly conduct lectures held at universities, etc., it is assumed that students who are attending the lectures are accurately identified. Conventionally, a method of authenticating a student by inputting a magnetic card or the like with a registered student ID number into an input device installed at the entrance of a lecture room has been generally performed. In addition, since authentication using a magnetic card has the disadvantage that it can be paid by lending and borrowing the card, a method for managing attendance more accurately by performing biometric authentication using fingerprints, voiceprints, irises, and the like has been proposed.

  On the other hand, for the purpose of improving the operability of the attendance management method using the input device installed at the entrance and reducing the cost burden of the attendance management method using biometric authentication, the portable terminal is circulated to the students to confirm attendance. A method has also been proposed.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, a portable terminal is circulated after a student sits on a seat, and the student authenticates with a magnetic card and inputs the seat number of the seated seat, and is installed at the entrance. A method for improving the operability of inputting a seat number, which is difficult with an input device, has been proposed. According to the method of Patent Document 1, since the seat arrangement and the name of the student for each seat can be displayed on the management terminal for the lecturer, the lecturer can name the student and ask questions. Efficient implementation is possible.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, only a student ID number is input by taking a face image of a student with a portable terminal equipped with an imaging means, registering it in an attendee information collecting apparatus, and referring to it at an attendance check performed later. A method for managing attendance more accurately has been proposed, which complements the authentication by.

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  However, in the method of Patent Document 1, since authentication is performed using a magnetic card or the like, there is a problem in that the disadvantage that cash can be returned by borrowing or borrowing a card cannot be solved. Further, in the method of Patent Document 2, it is possible to perform attendance check at a later date in the attendee information collection device and determine whether or not the person is the person. There was a problem. For this reason, there is a problem in that it is impossible to accurately identify attendees who attend and effectively lecture according to the attendees.

  Patent Documents 1 and 2 mainly aim to improve attendance management. The method of Patent Document 1 can support a lecture by accurately grasping a seat, but the efficiency of the lecture is not limited. It was insufficient as a function to support effective implementation.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and supports the efficient implementation of lectures by performing face authentication using the face image captured by the imaging means and accurately identifying the student at the time of attendance. An object of the present invention is to provide a lecture support apparatus, a lecture support method, and a lecture support program.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the invention according to claim 1 is a lecture support apparatus for supporting a lecture by identifying a student who has attended a lecture, Registered face image data storage means for storing registered face images, attendance data storage means for storing attendance status of attendees in lectures, imaging means for capturing face images of the students, and imaging means Authentication means for authenticating the student by collating the input face image, which is the face image captured by, and the registered face image stored in the registered face image data storage means, and authentication of the authentication means Based on the result, the attendance management means for updating the attendance status stored in the attendance data storage means is provided.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the notification message storage means for storing in advance a notification message to be notified to the student, and the student authenticated by the authentication means It further comprises message management means for acquiring the notification message from the notification message storage means, and display means for displaying the notification message acquired by the message management means.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 2, wherein the notification message storage means includes the notification message and browsing information indicating whether or not the student has browsed the notification message. And the message management unit stores information indicating that browsing is performed as the browsing information in the notification message storage unit when the student browses the notification message. .

  Further, the invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 1, in which personal grade data storage means for preliminarily storing personal grade data which is grade information related to a lecture that the student has taken, The apparatus further comprises grouping processing means for dividing the students authenticated by the authentication means into a plurality of groups based on the personal result data stored in the personal result data storage means.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the authentication means authenticates a lecturer who performs a lecture, and authenticates the student after the lecturer is authenticated. Features.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in a lecture support method for supporting a lecture by identifying a student attending a lecture, an imaging step of capturing a face image of the student and an image captured in the imaging step An authentication step of authenticating the student by comparing the input face image, which is the face image, with a registered face image in which the face image of the student stored in the storage means is registered in advance; and And an attendance management step for updating attendance status of the student in the lecture stored in the storage means based on the authentication result.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lecture support program for identifying a lecture student and supporting a lecture, an input face image that is a face image of the student captured by an imaging unit, and a storage An authentication procedure for authenticating the student by collating a registered face image registered in advance with the face image of the student stored in the means, and an authentication result of the authentication procedure. Further, an attendance management procedure for updating attendance status of attendees to the lecture is executed by a computer.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the authentication of the student is performed by comparing the registered face image in which the face image of the student is registered in advance with the input face image that is the face image of the student captured by the imaging unit. And manage attendance. For this reason, there is an effect that it is possible to specify the student more accurately and conduct an efficient and smooth lecture according to the student attending the lecture.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to display a notification message for a student who has been authenticated by face authentication. For this reason, it is possible to accurately transmit information related to the lecture to an accurately identified student and to perform an efficient and smooth lecture.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to display a notification message for a student who has been authenticated by face authentication and to manage browsing information indicating whether the student has viewed the notification message. For this reason, there is an effect that information can be transmitted to the students thoroughly and the lecture can be carried out more efficiently.

  Further, according to the invention described in claim 4, it is possible to classify the students according to the grades of the authenticated students. For this reason, it is effective in that lectures can be efficiently conducted by averaging the quality of group members.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the student can be authenticated after the lecturer who performs the lecture authenticates. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the lecturer who is not in charge from taking charge of the lecture and to carry out the lecture smoothly.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the registered face image registered in advance and the input face image, which is the face image of the student captured by the image pickup means, are collated, and the student is authenticated. Can be managed. For this reason, there is an effect that it is possible to specify the student more accurately and conduct an efficient and smooth lecture according to the student attending the lecture.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the registered face image registered in advance and the input face image, which is the face image of the student imaged by the imaging means, are collated, and the student authentication is performed. Can be managed. For this reason, there is an effect that it is possible to specify the student more accurately and conduct an efficient and smooth lecture according to the student attending the lecture.

  Exemplary embodiments of a lecture support apparatus, a lecture support method, and a lecture support program according to the present invention will be explained below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  The lecture support device according to the present embodiment manages attendance by authenticating a student by face authentication by comparing a registered face image registered in advance with an input face image that is a face image of a student captured by an imaging unit. In addition, when there is a notification message for the authenticated student, the notification message is displayed on the screen at the time of authentication.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of the configuration and processing of the lecture support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. The upper part of the figure shows an example of the screen display of the lecture support apparatus 100 before authentication (left side) and after authentication (right side). The lower part of the figure shows the process executed inside the apparatus at the time of authentication and the flow of processed data.

  The lecture support apparatus 100 includes an input unit 110 such as a keyboard, an imaging unit 120 such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Devices) camera, and a display unit 140 such as a display as main hardware configurations.

  The authentication process is started, for example, when the student presses an authentication start button. When the authentication process is started, the imaging unit 120 captures a face image of the student and outputs input face image data. In the face authentication process, image matching is determined from the input face image data and registered face image data registered in advance in a storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). To do.

  In the attendance management process, information indicating attendance or absence of a student is registered in attendance information of personal data stored in a storage device such as an HDD according to the authentication result. In addition, the personal data stores a notification message for the student, a grade for each student, and the like.

  In the display process, the notification message and the grade stored in the personal data are acquired, and a display screen for enabling browsing of the acquired information is displayed to the authenticated student.

  As described above, the lecture support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment can not only manage attendance of students but also notify attendees of information related to the lecture. Become. Therefore, while the conventional attendance management system is mainly intended to manage attendance accurately in consideration of the convenience of the school administrator, according to the present embodiment, accurate attendance based on face authentication is used. Based on the premise of management, it is possible to support efficient and smooth implementation of lectures from the viewpoint of students.

  In addition, since the present embodiment has a grouping support function according to the student's grades and the like, it is also possible to support the efficiency of the lecture from the viewpoint of the lecturer.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the lecture support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the lecture support apparatus 100 includes an input unit 110, an imaging unit 120, a control unit 130, a display unit 140, and a storage unit 150.

  The input unit 110 is an input device for a user such as a student or a lecturer to input a user ID necessary for authentication, an authentication start command or a grouping command, and is generally a keyboard or a mouse. It can be configured by any input device being used.

  The imaging unit 120 is an imaging device formed by a CCD or the like, and captures an image of the user's face.

  The control unit 130 receives the image captured by the imaging unit 120 and executes face authentication processing, and displays on the display unit 140 the result of the face authentication processing, a notification message for the student acquired from the storage unit 150, and the like. Part. The control unit 130 includes an authentication unit 131, an attendance management unit 132, a message management unit 133, a grade management unit 134, and a grouping processing unit 135.

  The authentication unit 131 receives the image captured by the imaging unit 120, extracts input face image data that is a face image of the student from the received image, and stores the student stored in the registered face image data storage unit 151. The face authentication is performed by comparing with the registered face image data.

  A user ID that uniquely identifies a student is input before capturing a face image, and registered face image data associated with the input user ID is acquired from the registered face image data storage unit 151. Used for comparison. It is configured to authenticate the student by inputting only the face image without entering the user ID and collating with the registered face image data of all the students stored in the registered face image data storage unit 151. May be.

  For the face authentication processing by the authentication unit 131, any conventionally used method such as a method for comparing the face image data itself or a method for calculating the feature amount of the face image and comparing the calculated feature amount is applied. be able to.

  The attendance management unit 132 updates attendance information in the attendance data storage unit 152 to the “attendance” state when the authentication unit 131 succeeds in authenticating the student. The attendance management unit 132 does not update attendance information in the attendance data storage unit 152 when the authentication unit 131 fails to authenticate the student. In addition, when an attendance status display request is input by a student, the attendance management unit 132 performs processing for acquiring the attendance status of the attendee from the attendance data storage unit 152 and displaying the attendance status on the display unit 140.

  The message management unit 133 acquires a notification message for the student authenticated by the authentication unit 131 from the notification message storage unit 153. In addition, when a teacher or the like inputs a message for an arbitrary student from the input unit 110, the message management unit 133 performs processing for registering the message in the notification message storage unit 153.

  The grade management unit 134 acquires information related to the grade of the student authenticated by the authentication unit 131 from the personal grade data storage unit 154 and displays the information on the display unit 140. In addition, the grade management unit 134 acquires information on the grade of the student from the personal grade data storage unit 154 and outputs it to the grouping processing unit 135 when the grouping processing unit 135 executes grouping of the students. Is.

  The grouping processing unit 135 refers to information on the student's grades stored in the personal grade data storage unit 154, and classifies the students so that the grades of the students included in each group are not biased. The processing is performed. In the grouping process, any conventional optimal grouping method such as an optimal grouping method using a neural network or a genetic algorithm can be applied.

  The display unit 140 displays operation guidance, an authentication result, a notification message, and the like, and can be configured by any commonly used display device such as a liquid crystal panel.

  The storage unit 150 stores various data to be referred to by the lecture support apparatus 100, and includes a registered face image data storage unit 151, an attendance data storage unit 152, a notification message storage unit 153, and a personal results data storage unit 154. And. The storage unit 150 can be configured by any generally used storage device such as an HDD, an optical disk, or a memory card.

  In the figure, the storage unit 150 is composed of one HDD, and each of these storage units (registered face image data storage unit 151, attendance data storage unit 152, notification message storage unit 153, personal result data storage unit) 154) is included, but a part or all of each of the storage units described above may be stored in separate storage devices.

  The registered face image data storage unit 151 stores a registered face image in which a student's face image is registered in advance, and is referred to when the authentication unit 131 executes face authentication.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the data structure of the registered face image data storage unit 151. As shown in the figure, the registered face image data storage unit 151 associates a user ID for uniquely identifying a user, a registered face image registered in advance for the user, and the user's name. Stored. In addition, you may comprise so that user attribute information, such as a user's name, may be memorize | stored in another memory | storage parts (not shown), such as a user master memory | storage part.

  The attendance data storage unit 152 stores the attendance status of the student in the lecture, and is updated by the attendance management unit 132 according to the authentication result of the authentication unit 131.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the data structure of the attendance data storage unit 152. As shown in the figure, the attendance data storage unit 152 stores the user ID, the lecture ID for uniquely identifying the lecture that the user has taken, and the sunrise situation at each attendance in association with each other. is doing. In the present embodiment, the attendance status is updated to the “attendance” state when attending, and is not updated when absent.

  The notification message storage unit 153 stores a notification message for the student, and is referred to when the notification message of the authenticated student is displayed on the display unit 140 by the message management unit 133.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the data structure of the notification message storage unit 153. As shown in the figure, the notification message storage unit 153 has the user ID, the sender ID that is the user ID of the user who transmitted the notification message, the notification message, and whether the student has viewed the notification message. Browsing information (unopened, opened, or confirmed) that is information indicating whether or not is stored in association with each other.

  “Unopened” represents a state in which a notification message is not displayed on the screen. “Opened” represents a state in which a notification message is displayed on the screen. “Confirmed” represents a state in which a notification message is displayed on the screen and an intention indicating that the content of the notification message has been confirmed is displayed by the user pressing a confirmation button or the like.

  The personal grade data storage unit 154 stores the grade of each student's lecture, and when the grade management unit 134 acquires the grade of the student and displays it on the display unit 140, or the grouping processing unit 135. Is referenced when grouping students.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the data structure of the personal results data storage unit 154. As shown in the figure, the personal result data storage unit 154 stores a user ID, a lecture ID, and information on the grade related to the lecture in association with each other. Note that the grade information is not limited to one, and a plurality of pieces of grade information such as a score of a test to be performed every lecture may be stored.

  You may comprise in the memory | storage part 150 so that transmission information, such as a lecturer's schedule information, supplementary class time notified from a school administrator etc., a holiday schedule, a test schedule, etc. may be stored. Thereby, a student can grasp | ascertain the information regarding a lecture correctly, and it becomes possible to implement a lecture more efficiently.

  In addition, the information stored in the storage unit 150 may be configured to be input by an administrator or the like from the input unit 110, or information created by an external system is networked by a communication unit (not shown). For example, the storage unit 150 may be configured to import the storage unit 150. In addition, the lecture support apparatus 100 may be configured not to include the storage unit 150 but to directly refer to information stored in the external system via the communication unit. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the information input burden or to simplify the apparatus configuration.

  Next, an authentication process performed by the lecture support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the overall flow of the authentication process in the present embodiment.

  The lecture support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is a portable apparatus, and is assumed to be circulated to each student at the start of the lecture and to perform authentication processing for each student. In addition, the authentication process by the lecturer who lectures in advance may be executed, and the student may be authenticated after the authentication of the lecturer is normally completed.

  First, the input unit 110 accepts an input of a user ID by a user (step S701). Next, the imaging unit 120 captures a user's face image and outputs the captured image data to the authentication unit 131 (step S702).

  Subsequently, the authentication unit 131 extracts a face image as input face image data from the image data received from the imaging unit 120 (step S703). Next, the authentication unit 131 acquires the registered face image data corresponding to the user ID received by the input unit 110 from the registered face image data storage unit 151, and executes a matching process with the extracted input face image data ( Step S704).

  Next, the authentication unit 131 determines whether or not the registered face image data matches the input face image data (step S705). If they match (step S705: YES), the attendance management unit 132 Update processing of the data storage unit 152 is executed (step S706).

  Specifically, information on “attendance” is set in the user ID of the authenticated user and the absence status column on the day of attendance corresponding to the lecture ID of the lecture. The lecture ID uses a value designated in advance by a lecturer authentication process, which will be described later, before starting student authentication.

  Next, the message management unit 133 acquires a message addressed to the authenticated user from the notification message storage unit 153 (step S707). Specifically, the notification message associated with the user ID that matches the user ID of the authenticated user is acquired from the notification message storage unit 153. At this time, it may be configured to acquire only a message whose browsing information is “unopened”, or may be configured to acquire a message whose browsing information is other than “confirmed”. Moreover, you may comprise so that all the messages may be acquired irrespective of browsing information.

  In this way, it is possible to manage the browsing information indicating whether or not the student has read the notification message, and to display the notification message according to the browsing status, so that it is possible to thoroughly convey information to the student Become.

  Next, the display unit 140 displays the authentication result received from the authentication unit 131 and the notification message received from the message management unit 133 (step S708), and ends the authentication process. When a message for the authenticated user cannot be acquired from the notification message storage unit 153, the notification message is not displayed.

  In step S705, when the authentication unit 131 determines that the registered face image data and the input face image data do not match (step S705: NO), the display unit 140 displays that the authentication has failed as an authentication result. (Step S709), the authentication process is terminated.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of display contents on the display screen when authentication is successful. As shown in the figure, a display screen 800 includes a face image display area 801 for displaying a captured face image, an authentication result display area 802, a notification message confirmation area 803 for displaying the presence / absence of a notification message, and a notification message. And a notification message display area 804 for displaying the contents.

  The display screen 800 includes an opening button 810, a lecturer schedule button 811, a bulletin board button 812, a message confirmation button 813, a personal information display button 814, and an end button 815.

  The unsealing button 810 is a button that can be pressed when a notification message exists, and the content of the notification message is displayed in the notification message display area 804 when the unsealing button 810 is pressed.

  When the lecturer schedule button 811 is pressed, a screen (not shown) for confirming the schedule of the lecturer in charge of the lecture is displayed.

  When the bulletin board button 812 is pressed, a screen (not shown) for confirming transmission information common to each student input by the school manager or the like is displayed. Information transmitted from a school administrator or the like may also be stored in the notification message storage unit 153 and displayed in the notification message display area 804.

  In this case, for example, when there is communication information addressed to a specific student from the school administrator, the communication information is displayed only to the student when the student is authenticated. Can do. Also, for example, when there is communication information from a school administrator to a specific group (such as a specific class or grade), when a student belonging to that group is authenticated, the students belonging to that group It can be configured to display the transmission information only for.

  As a result, in the past, there has been the inconvenience that information transmission media targeted to an unspecified number of users such as bulletin boards on the premises may not be able to accurately transmit information to specific users. Such inconvenience can be eliminated.

  When the message confirmation button 813 is pressed, the browsing information corresponding to the notification message in the notification message storage unit 153 is updated to “confirmed”.

  When the personal information display button 814 is pressed, a screen (not shown) for displaying a list of test results and attendance status of the user is displayed.

  When the end button 815 is pressed, the display on the display screen 800 is terminated, and for example, a menu screen (not shown) for designating authentication processing is displayed.

  Next, instructor authentication processing will be described. The instructor authentication process is different from the authentication process by the student in that the lecture ID of the lecture in charge of the instructor is input from the input unit 110 together with the user ID in step S701. Other than this, the authentication process is performed by the same process as the flowchart of FIG. 7 showing the authentication process by the student.

  Alternatively, the lecturer authentication process may be executed for each lecture, and the student authentication process may be executed only when the lecturer is successfully authenticated. This makes it possible to prevent the lecturer from instructing another person such as an assistant or another lecturer to take charge of the lecture by mistake.

  Next, grouping support processing by the lecture support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the overall flow of the grouping support process in the present embodiment.

  First, the input unit 110 receives an input of a grouping command by the lecturer (step S901). The grouping command can be configured to be input by pressing a grouping button included in a lecturer menu screen (not shown) displayed on the display unit 140.

  Next, the grade management unit 134 acquires the personal grade data of each student attending the lecture from the personal grade data storage unit 154 (step S902).

  Next, the grouping processing unit 135 refers to the acquired individual result data, and performs grouping so that the results of the users making up each group are not biased (step S903).

  Next, the display unit 140 displays each group divided by the grouping processing unit 135 and a list of students constituting each group (step S904), and ends the grouping support processing.

  As a result, students can be grouped according to the certified student's grades, so that it is possible to efficiently conduct lectures by averaging the quality of group members .

  As described above, in the lecture support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, the authentication of the student is performed by face authentication that collates the registered face image registered in advance with the input face image that is the face image of the student captured by the imaging unit. You can go and manage attendance. In addition, when there is a notification message related to the lecture for the authenticated student, the notification message can be displayed on the screen at the time of authentication. Furthermore, the lecturer can execute grouping of the students according to the grades of the authenticated students. For this reason, it is possible to accurately identify the students who attended the lecture, accurately transmit the information related to the lecture to the students, and efficiently conduct the lecture according to the students.

  The lecture support program executed by the lecture support apparatus according to this embodiment is provided by being incorporated in advance in a ROM (Read Only Memory) or the like.

  The lecture support program executed by the lecture support apparatus according to the present embodiment is a file in an installable format or an executable format, and is a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), a flexible disk (FD), a CD-R. (Compact Disk Recordable), DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), and the like may be recorded and provided on a computer-readable recording medium.

  Furthermore, the lecture support program executed by the lecture support apparatus according to the present embodiment may be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided by being downloaded via the network. . Further, the lecture support program executed by the lecture support apparatus according to the present embodiment may be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

  The lecture support program executed by the lecture support apparatus according to the present embodiment has a module configuration including the above-described units (authentication unit, attendance management unit, message management unit, results management unit, grouping management unit). As actual hardware, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) reads out and executes a lecture support program from the ROM so that each unit is loaded on the main storage device and each unit is generated on the main storage device. It has become.

  As described above, the lecture support apparatus, the lecture support method, and the lecture support program according to the present invention are suitable for a lecture support apparatus that needs to accurately identify students attending a lecture.

It is explanatory drawing which showed the structure of the lecture assistance apparatus concerning this Embodiment, and the outline | summary of a process. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the lecture assistance apparatus concerning this Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the data structure of a registration face image data storage part. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the data structure of an attendance data storage part. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the data structure of a notification message memory | storage part. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the data structure of a personal results data storage part. It is a flowchart which shows the whole flow of the authentication process in this Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the display content of a display screen. It is a flowchart which shows the whole flow of the grouping assistance process in this Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Lecture support apparatus 110 Input part 120 Imaging part 130 Control part 131 Authentication part 132 Attendance management part 133 Message management part 134 Grade management part 135 Grouping process part 140 Display part 150 Storage part 151 Registration face image data storage part 152 Attendance data storage Section 153 Notification message storage section 154 Personal results data storage section 800 Display screen 801 Face image display area 802 Authentication result display area 803 Notification message confirmation area 804 Notification message display area 810 Open button 811 Instructor schedule button 812 Bulletin board button 813 Message confirmation button 814 Personal information display button 815 Exit button

Claims (7)

In a lecture support device that identifies lecture participants and supports the implementation of lectures,
Registered face image data storage means for storing a registered face image in which the face images of the students are registered in advance;
Attendance data storage means for storing attendance status of attendees in lectures;
Imaging means for imaging the student's face image;
An authentication unit that authenticates the student by comparing the input face image, which is the face image captured by the imaging unit, with the registered face image stored in the registered face image data storage unit;
A lecture support apparatus comprising: attendance management means for updating the attendance status stored in the attendance data storage means based on an authentication result of the authentication means. A notification message storage means for storing in advance a notification message to be notified to the student;
Message management means for acquiring the notification message for the student authenticated by the authentication means from the notification message storage means;
The lecture support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying the notification message acquired by the message management means. The notification message storage means stores the notification message in association with browsing information indicating whether or not the student has browsed the notification message,
3. The lecture according to claim 2, wherein the message management unit stores information indicating that browsing has been performed as the browsing information in the notification message storage unit when the student browses the notification message. Support device. Personal grade data storage means for preliminarily storing personal grade data, which is grade information related to the lecture that the student has taken,
A grouping processing unit that divides the students authenticated by the authentication unit into a plurality of groups based on the personal result data stored in the personal result data storage unit. The lecture support apparatus according to 1.   The lecture support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the authentication unit authenticates a lecturer who performs a lecture, and authenticates the student after the lecturer is authenticated. In a lecture support method for identifying lecture participants and supporting their implementation,
An imaging step of imaging a face image of the student;
Authentication for authenticating the student by comparing the input facial image, which is the facial image captured in the imaging step, with a registered facial image in which the facial image of the student stored in storage means is registered in advance Steps,
A lecture support method comprising: an attendance management step of updating attendance status of the student in the lecture stored in the storage means based on the authentication result of the authentication step. In a lecture support program that identifies lecture participants and supports the implementation of lectures,
The input face image, which is the face image of the student imaged by the image pickup means, and the registered face image registered in advance as the face image of the student stored in the storage means are collated to authenticate the student. The authentication procedure to perform,
A lecture support program for causing a computer to execute an attendance management procedure for updating attendance status of the student attending a lecture stored in a storage unit based on an authentication result of the authentication procedure.

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