JP2013007820A - Learning device and learning system using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a learning device which is capable of enhancing the learning effect by utilizing unconscious action during sleep, enhancing the learning effect without delay of a wake-up time, and raising user's motivation to wake up early, and to provide a learning system using the same.SOLUTION: The learning device includes time counting means, alarm setting means, alarm operation means, alarm stop means, and question presentation means which presents a question to a user on the basis of an alarm stop signal outputted from the alarm stop means. The question presentation means includes notice giving means which preliminarily presents contents relating to a question which the user should answer at the time of alarm operation, to the user on the basis of an alarm setting signal outputted from the alarm setting means.

Description

  The present invention relates to a learning apparatus in which an alarm function used in an alarm clock or the like and a learning function for improving a user's academic ability are fused, and a learning system using the learning apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a device that combines a wake-up device such as an alarm clock and an electronic learning support device to reliably wake up a user when waking up and to keep learning everyday even for a weak user (for example, See Patent Document 1 below).

  In Patent Document 1, as shown in FIG. 15, electronic learning support for determining whether an answer is correct or not by an answer determination means B when an answer is input to an answer input means D for a question presented to a problem presentation means C A fusion device of a device and a wake-up device is disclosed. And this fusion apparatus is equipped with the arousal stimulus control means A that controls the awake stimulus output means E based on the result of the determination of the answer determination means B, and the correct answer rate and the number of consecutive correct answers do not reach a predetermined condition. The awakening stimulus, that is, the alarm of the awakening stimulus output means E is not stopped.

JP-A-8-166761 (Claim 1 and FIG. 1 etc.)

  However, the fusion device described in Patent Document 1 only solves the first-look problem when getting up, and lacks ingenuity to enhance the learning effect. Moreover, since the time for answering the problem at the time of waking up is not taken into account, there is a problem that the time for waking up is delayed. Furthermore, since the question pattern of the problem is not related to the time from when the alarm is activated until it gets up, there is a drawback that the motivation to occur early is weak.

  The object of the present invention is to increase the learning effect by utilizing the unconscious action during sleep, to improve the learning effect without delaying the wake-up time, and to further increase the motivation to wake up early. A learning device capable of learning and a learning system using the same are provided.

  The present invention relates to a time measuring means, an alarm setting means for setting an alarm, an alarm operating means for activating an alarm based on the setting of the alarm setting means, an alarm stopping means for stopping the alarm, and an alarm output from the alarm stopping means. In a learning apparatus comprising a question assignment means for asking a user a problem based on a stop signal, the question assignment means is configured to display contents related to a problem to be answered when an alarm is activated based on an alarm setting signal output from the alarm setting means. The present invention is characterized in that it is provided with notice means for presenting to the user in advance.

  In this case, it is preferable that the notice means presents a problem to be answered when the alarm is activated.

  The notice means may further present hints for answering a problem to be answered when the alarm is activated.

  Further, the notice means may present how to solve the problem to be answered when the alarm is activated.

  Further, a notice means may present a problem to be answered when the alarm is activated, and an answer from the user may be received.

  Further, the present invention provides an output from a time measuring means, an alarm setting means for setting an alarm, an alarm operating means for activating an alarm based on the setting of the alarm setting means, an alarm stopping means for stopping the alarm, and an alarm stopping means In the learning apparatus having a question answering means for giving a question to the user based on an alarm stop signal, the alarm setting means sets an alarm activation time of the alarm actuating means according to the amount and quality of the question given by the question answering means. It is characterized by adjusting.

  Further, the present invention provides a time measuring means, an alarm setting means for setting an alarm, an alarm operating means for activating an alarm based on the setting of the alarm setting means, an alarm stopping means for stopping the alarm, and an alarm stopping means output The learning apparatus includes a question answering means for giving a question to the user based on an alarm stop signal, and the alarm stop means has a snooze function, and the question answering means is provided to the user according to the number of alarms activated by the snooze function. It is characterized by increasing or decreasing the number of questions to be asked.

  In the above learning apparatus according to the present invention, the questioning means preferably includes question content adjusting means for adjusting the question contents according to the time difference between the alarm setting time and the alarm activation time.

In this case, it is preferable that the question content adjustment unit adjusts the questions so as to suppress the questions when the time difference is short and to increase the questions when the time difference is long.

  The alarm set time is preferably the user's bedtime, and the alarm activation time is preferably the user's wake-up time.

  Further, the learning system of the present invention is characterized in that any of the learning devices described above is connected to a telecommunication network to enable user learning.

  Furthermore, the learning system of the present invention is characterized in that a problem based on a result of learning by a personal computer or an Internet connection terminal is distributed to any of the learning devices.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the answer power at the time of an alarm action can be heightened by showing previously the content regarding the problem which should be answered at the time of an alarm action at the time of an alarm setting. In particular, when the alarm is activated, the learning effect such as improving the correct answer rate can be enhanced by an unconscious action during sleep.

  In addition, according to the present invention, by adjusting the alarm activation time according to the amount and quality of the problem to be asked when the alarm is activated, the learning is finished by the time when the alarm should be activated, such as the time to get up and start the activity. And prevent future activities from being hindered.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, since the number of questions to be given to the user is increased or decreased according to the number of alarms activated by the snooze function, the motivation for the user to get up early can be enhanced.

It is a block diagram explaining the structure of 1st Embodiment of the learning apparatus by this invention. It is a conceptual diagram of the learning system using 1st Embodiment of the learning apparatus by this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the outline | summary of operation | movement of 1st Embodiment of the learning apparatus by this invention. It is a sequence diagram explaining the operation | movement at the time of the problem information acquisition of 1st Embodiment of the learning apparatus by this invention. It is a block diagram of the question list and question information data of the first embodiment of the learning device according to the present invention. It is an external view explaining the example of a display at the time of the problem information acquisition of 1st Embodiment of the learning apparatus by this invention. It is a sequence diagram explaining the operation | movement at the time of the alarm setting of 1st Embodiment of the learning apparatus by this invention. It is an external view explaining the example of a display at the time of the alarm setting of 1st Embodiment of the learning apparatus by this invention. It is a sequence diagram explaining the operation | movement at the time of the alarm ringing of 1st Embodiment of the learning apparatus by this invention. It is an external view explaining the example of a display at the time of the alarm ringing of 1st Embodiment of the learning apparatus by this invention. It is a sequence diagram explaining the operation | movement at the time of the snooze operation of 1st Embodiment of the learning apparatus by this invention. It is an external view explaining the example of a display at the time of the snooze operation of 1st Embodiment of the learning apparatus by this invention. It is an external view explaining description operation | movement of 1st Embodiment of the learning apparatus by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of 2nd Embodiment of the learning apparatus by this invention. It is a block diagram of the prior art example of a learning apparatus.

  The general operation of the learning device according to the present invention is that when the user sets an alarm at bedtime, the learning device presents in advance the questions to be asked at the time of waking up, hints of the answer or how to solve them, etc. It supports the ability improvement and enhances the learning effect, motivates the user to learn, and promotes the habit of getting up early.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a learning apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the learning apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
[Description of Configuration of First Embodiment: FIGS. 1 and 2]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the learning device 1.

  FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a learning system including the personal computer 19, the learning device 1, the router 71, the Internet 21, and the center server 18.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the learning device 1 includes a clocking means 2, an alarm button 3, a speaker 4, an overall control unit 6, an external interface unit 7, a user interface unit 12, a touch panel display 13, an alarm time. The memory 14, the question content memory 15, and the user answer memory 16 are configured.

  The time measuring means 2 manages the clock function of the learning device 1 and has a time measuring function and a calendar function.

  In FIG. 1, an alarm button 3 is a switch capable of either a slide operation or a push operation, and has three functions of an alarm setting means, a snooze function, and an alarm stop means.

  For example, when such an alarm button 3 is pulled up, an alarm is set, and when it is lightly pressed, the snooze function works. When the alarm button 3 is pressed downward and fixed, the alarm setting is canceled and the ringing of the bell sound for awakening the user stops. It has become.

  The alarm button 3 outputs an alarm setting signal As, a snooze signal Ahs, and an alarm stop signal Ah corresponding to each state at the time of setting an alarm, at the time of snoozing, and at the time of stopping an alarm, and is controlled entirely through the user interface unit 12. Input to unit 6.

  The speaker 4 is an alarm actuating unit that rings a bell sound or the like for awakening the user at an alarm actuating time, and can also have a function of performing learning guidance by voice from the learning device 1 to the user.

  The overall control unit 6 controls the overall operation of the learning device 1 such as logical operation determination, input / output control, data storage and the like, and includes a question setting means 61.

  The question giving means 61 includes a notice means 62 and gives a question to the user through the user interface unit 12 and the touch panel display 13.

  When the alarm is set by the alarm button 3, the notice means 62 has a function of outputting a content related to the problem that is given when waking up, that is, a notice of the problem.

  The external interface unit 7 connects the learning device 1 to the telecommunication network through the router 71 in a wireless or wired manner.

  The touch panel display 13 has an output function by a liquid crystal display and a touch panel input function, and displays a problem that the learning apparatus 1 gives to the user and inputs a user's answer by a touch panel method.

  The user interface unit 12 couples the touch panel display 13 that is a contact point between the user and the learning device 1 and the overall control unit 6 of the learning device 1.

  The alarm time memory 14, the question content memory 15 and the user answer memory 16 are constituted by non-volatile storage elements. The alarm time memory 14 stores information relating to alarms and the number of times of alarms, and the question content memory 15 includes information related to question questions. The user answer memory 16 stores information and data related to the user's answer, respectively.

As described above, the learning device 1 can be configured by a personal computer or an Internet terminal. However, in the present embodiment, the Internet terminal having a touch panel on the liquid crystal screen is used, and therefore the description will be made on the assumption of this.
[Description of Operation of First Embodiment: FIGS. 3 to 13]
Next, the operation of the learning device 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 13 and FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a chart showing a rough operation of the first embodiment of the learning device of the present invention, and FIGS. 4 to 13 are a sequence diagram and an external view for explaining the detailed operation.

Moreover, in the following description, FIG. 1 is used together for explanation of signals between the respective elements.
[Overview of operation]
The outline | summary of operation | movement of the learning apparatus 1 is demonstrated using FIG.

  In FIG. 3, process steps P1, P3, P4, P61, P62, P72, P822, and P823 surrounded by a square indicate the operations of the learning device 1 and the center server 18, and process steps P2, P51, P52, P71, P82, P821, and P824 indicate the operations of the user 30.

  In the following description, the processing steps P1 to P824 are simply expressed as P1 to P824.

P1 is expressed as a problem acquisition process. The operation at P1 will be described below.
<P1>
The learning device 1 automatically connects to the center server 18 via the Internet 21 during a time period when the learning device 1 is not used, for example, at 12:00 in the daytime, and acquires problems of the courses designated by the user 30 in advance. To do.

P2 and P3 are called an alarm set process. The operation in P2 to P3 will be described below.
<P2>
Since the user 30 gets up at a desired time in the next morning, the alarm of the learning device 1 is set. <P3>
When the alarm is set, the learning device 1 presents the user 30 with the content related to the problem to be asked when waking up, that is, the problem notice.

  The user goes to bed while “Z” is displayed following P3.

P4, P51, P61, and P71 are referred to as an alarm activation process. The operation in P4 to P71 will be described below.
<P4>
At the alarm setting time, the alarm of the learning device 1 is activated and a bell is sounded.
<P51>
The user presses down the alarm button 3 to fix it and stops the alarm.
<P61>
The learning device 1 issues questions determined in the course.
<P71>
The user 30 answers the question.

P4, P52, P62, P72, and P82 are called snooze operation processes. The operation of P4 to P82 will be described below.
<P4>
At the alarm setting time, the alarm of the learning device 1 is activated and a bell is sounded.
<P52>
The user 30 lightly presses the alarm button 3 and selects snooze.
<P62>
The learning device 1 stores the number of snooze times and updates and stores the number of alarms increased by the selection of snooze.
<P72>
When the predetermined time for the snooze function has passed, the alarm is activated again and the bell sounds.
<P82>
When the user lightly presses the alarm button 3 again and selects snooze, P62 to P72 are repeated. That is, every time the user 30 selects snooze, the alarm time memory 14 of the learning device 1 updates and stores the number of alarms increased by the selection of snooze.
<P821>
When the user 30 presses down the alarm button 3 to fix it and stop the alarm, the learning apparatus 1 issues a question as follows.
<P822>
The learning device 1 issues questions determined in the course.
<P823>
The learning device 1 further questions additional questions according to the number of alarms.
<P824>
The user 30 answers the additional questions in addition to the questions determined in the course.
[Detailed operation description]
The details of each of the problem acquisition process, the alarm set process, the alarm activation process, and the snooze operation process will be described with reference to FIGS.
[Problem acquisition process]
The operation in the problem acquisition process of the learning device 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing the operations of the learning device 1, the user 30, and the center server 18 in the problem acquisition process, and time elapses from the upper side to the lower side in FIG. R1 and R2 surrounded by dotted lines are program routines composed of a plurality of operation steps, and are expressed as “question information acquisition routine R1”.

  In addition, the operation steps S1, S2,..., Sn are hereinafter simply expressed as S1, S2,.

  FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of information data acquired by the learning device 1 from the center server 18. FIG. 5A shows the configuration of the question list, and FIG. 5B shows the configuration of the question information data. Show.

FIG. 6 is an external view showing a display example of the learning apparatus 1. FIG. 6 (1) shows a case where no alarm is set, and only the current time is displayed on the touch panel display 13.
An alarm button 3 capable of setting an alarm, snoozing, and stopping an alarm is provided on the upper part of the learning device 1.

  FIG. 6 (2) shows a display example of the learning device 1 when the alarm is set by pulling up the alarm button 3 when there is no course, and the alarm activation time display unit 13a of the touch panel display 13 has an alarm activation. A mark indicating that the time and alarm have been set is displayed. The alarm activation time can be changed by touching the alarm activation time display unit 13a with a finger.

<S1>
In FIG. 4, first, the learning device 1 starts communication with the center server 18 at, for example, 12:00 noon, transmits user ID data to the center server 18, and requests a user's course.
<S2>
When the center server 18 receives a course request including user ID data from the learning device 1, the center server 18 returns one or more course ID data to the learning device 1.
<S3>
When the learning apparatus 1 acquires the course ID data from the center server 18, the learning apparatus 1 transmits the course ID data and the date / time data for each course ID to the center server 18, and requests a question list.
<S4>
When the center server 18 requests a question list from the learning device 1, the center server 18 returns a question list including a plurality of question information ID data to the learning device 1. Here, the question list includes, for example, data shown in FIG. 5A (details will be described later). As a result, the learning device 1 acquires a list of questions to be presented on the day.
<S5>
Then, the learning device 1 sends an arbitrary question information ID data to the center server 18 from among a plurality of question information IDs acquired from the center server 18, and makes a question information request.
<S6>
When the center server 18 receives the question information request from the learning device 1, it returns the question information data. Here, the question information data is composed of data shown in FIG. 5B (details will be described later). Thereby, the learning apparatus 1 acquires the problem which should be given on the day.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the question information acquisition routine R1 composed of S5 and S6 continues until acquisition of the problem defined by the list of one or more problems acquired in S4 is completed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the question list acquisition routine R2 composed of S3 and S6 continues until acquisition of the problem list defined by one or more course IDs acquired in S2 is completed. .

  The course problem is transmitted from the center server 18 to the learning device 1 in the above steps S1 to S6.

  If the alarm of the learning device 1 is set after the problem of the course is transmitted to the learning device 1, the process proceeds to an alarm setting process described later.

Further, between S1 and S6, the time at that time is displayed on the touch panel display 13 of the learning apparatus 1 as shown in FIG. The operations from S1 to S6 are automatically performed by the learning device 1, the server 18, and the Internet 21.
Here, the information exchanged between the learning device 1 and the center server 18 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5 (a), the learning apparatus 1 receives from the center server 18 a course ID that identifies the course, the number of standard questions that are the number of standard questions determined in the course, A question list including the number of preliminary questions that are complemented within the same level, a plurality of standard question question information IDs, and a plurality of preliminary question question information IDs is acquired.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, the learning apparatus 1 quotes the question list shown in FIG. 5A, and the question information ID from the center server 18 and, if necessary, a problem data video and a problem to be notified. In order to specify the content related to, display of hints, whether to practice, whether to present answers or whether to present explanations, and if necessary, each video version of hint data, answer data, correct answer data, explanation data, The question information data consisting of the standard answer time (seconds), which is the average value of answer times of a plurality of users, is acquired.

As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the data structure of the information exchanged between the learning device 1 and the center server 18 is hierarchized to increase communication speed and efficiency. .
[Alarm set process]
Next, the operation of the alarm setting process will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the learning device 1, the user 30, and the center server 18 for each elapse of time in the alarm setting process, and FIG. 8 is an external view illustrating a display example of the learning device 1 in the alarm setting process. .
<S10>
As shown in FIG. 7, the user 30 sets an alarm for the learning device 1.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 8 (1), the alarm button 3 of the learning device 1 is normally fixed downward and is in an alarm stop state. However, as shown in FIG. Is set.

When an alarm is set by the alarm button 3 of the learning device 1 by the user 30, the alarm button 3 of the learning device 1 shown in FIG. 1 outputs an alarm setting signal As, and the alarm setting signal As is transmitted through the user interface unit 12. This is input to the question assignment means 61 of the overall control unit 6.
<S11>
As shown in FIG. 8 (2), the notice means 62 provided in the question setting means 61 presents the notice of the first problem to the touch panel display 13 through the user interface unit 12.

  At the same time, as shown in FIG. 8 (2), an alarm time and a mark indicating that an alarm has been set are displayed on the alarm operation time display section 13a.

The user 30 touches the alarm operation time display unit 13a with a finger as necessary to change the alarm operation time.
<S12>
When the user 30 confirms the first problem, the user 30 presses the next button 13 n on the touch panel display 13. As shown in FIG. 8B, the touch panel display 13 is provided with a next button 13n.
<S13>
When the next button 13n on the touch panel display 13 is pressed, the learning device 1 presents content related to the problem.

  In addition, the contents related to the question to be notified include "Problem to be answered", "Presentation of answer", "Presentation of hint", "How to solve the problem to be answered", "Seminar of answer", "Explanation of answer" ", Etc., and can be selected in advance in the course.

  In the embodiment, “presentation of answer” is selected as the content related to the question.

As shown in FIG. 8 (3), since “presentation of answer” is selected as the content related to the problem in the embodiment, when the next button 13n is pressed, the answer to the problem is displayed on the touch panel display 13.
<S14>
When the next button 13n is further pressed, the second problem is displayed on the touch panel display 13 as shown in FIG.

  When the user presses the front button 13b of the touch panel display 13, the problem immediately before is displayed.

  When the user presses the next button 13n after confirming the problem, the answer to the second problem is displayed on the touch panel display 13 as shown in FIG.

  In this way, the user repeatedly presses the next button 13n and repeats the same procedure as S11 to S14 shown in FIG. 7, and the user obtains the questions and answers determined in the course.

Note that if the user 30 keeps pressing the next button 13n for a long time, the learning device 1 stops the problem notice in the middle.
<S15>
The learning device 1 sends an end message to the user through the touch panel display 13.

As shown in FIG. 8 (6), the touch panel display 13 displays "Problem notice is finished", and the alarm setting process ends.
<S15a>
The overall control unit 6 of the learning device 1 adjusts the alarm activation time based on the amount and quality of the problem to be set at the alarm activation time, for example, if the amount of the problem is large, the alarm activation time is increased by 1 minute per question. At the same time, it is stored in the alarm time memory 14.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the notice presentation routine R3 composed of S11 to S14 is performed until all the problems acquired by the “problem acquisition process” are completed unless the user 30 presses the next button 13n for a long time. continue.

This notice is intended to use the unconscious action at the time of sleep, and the learning effect that the problem justification rate at the time of waking up is improved by notifying the information about the problem to be solved at the time of waking up immediately before going to bed. The purpose is to get.
[Alarm activation process]
Next, the operation of the alarm activation process will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the learning device 1, the user 30, and the center server 18 for each elapsed time in the alarm operation process, and FIG. 10 is an external view illustrating a display example of the learning device 1 in the alarm operation process. .
<S20>
In FIG. 9, the learning device 1 awakens the user by ringing a bell sound at the speaker 4 before the alarm activation time stored in the alarm time memory 14.

As shown in FIG. 10 (1), the current time is displayed on the touch panel display 13 of the learning apparatus 1, and this time considers the time when the user 30 solves the problem, and the alarm operation time display unit 13a. It is earlier than the alarm setting time displayed in.
<S21>
When the user pushes down the alarm button 3 of the learning device 1 and fixes it, the alarm is stopped and the ringing of the bell sound is stopped.
<S22>
When the ringing of the bell is stopped, the alarm button 3 of the learning device 1 shown in FIG. 1 outputs an alarm stop signal Ah, and the alarm stop signal Ah is input to the problem questioning means 61 of the overall control unit 6 through the user interface unit 12. The

The question questioning means 61 questions the first question on the touch panel display 13 of the learning device 1 through the user interface unit 12.

That is, as shown in FIG. 10B, when the alarm stops, the first problem is given to the touch panel display 13.
<S23>
When the user confirms the first problem, the user presses the next button 13n on the touch panel display 13 to request a screen for inputting an answer.
<S24>
The learning device 1 presents an answer screen on the touch panel display 13.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 10 (3), the touch panel display 13 presents a screen for inputting the answer to the first question.

<S25>
The user 30 inputs an answer by pressing the answer field displayed on the touch panel display 13.

That is, the answer column “A” or “B” on the touch panel display 13 shown in FIG.
<S26>
The learning device 1 presents on the touch panel display 13 whether the user's answer is correct or incorrect.

That is, as shown in FIG. 10 (4), the touch panel display 13 presents whether the first answer is correct or incorrect.
<S27>
The user 30 requests the second question with the next button 13n, further requests the answer screen for the second question with the next button 13n, and inputs the second answer.

  That is, when the user 30 presses the next button 13n, the second problem is displayed on the touch panel display 13 as shown in FIG. 10 (5), and when the user presses the next button 13n again, as shown in FIG. 10 (6). Since the screen for inputting the second answer is presented, the user 30 presses the answer field and inputs the answer.

As shown in FIG. 9, the answer input storage routine R <b> 4 composed of S <b> 22 to S <b> 27 is repeated until all the questions acquired by the “question acquisition process” are completed.
<S28>
When the number of questions determined in the course is completed, the learning device 1 displays a message of completion on the touch panel display 13 (not shown in FIG. 10).
<S29>
The learning device 1 sends the answer history of the user 30 to the center server 18.
<S29a>
The center server 18 stores the answer history. This answer history is used for, for example, calculation of ranking in the user's group.
[Snooze operation process]
Next, the case where the user 30 selects snooze when the alarm is activated, that is, the snooze operation process will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12.

FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the learning device 1, the user 30, and the center server 18 for each elapse of time in the snooze operation process, and FIG. 12 is an external view illustrating a display example of the learning device 1 in the snooze operation process. .
<S30>
In FIG. 11, when the learning device 1 reaches the alarm activation time stored in the alarm time memory 14, the learning device 1 sounds a bell sound from the speaker 4 and awakens the user.

That is, as shown in FIG. 12 (1), the time at that time is displayed on the touch panel display 13 of the learning device 1, but this time is earlier than the alarm set time displayed on the alarm operation time display unit 13 a.
<S31>
When the user 30 lightly presses the alarm button 3 to select snooze, the ringing of the bell sound stops.
<S31a>
The learning device 1 increases the number of alarms stored in the alarm time memory 14 shown in FIG. 1 by one.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 12 (2), the touch panel display 13 of the learning device 1 displays the number of alarms increased by the selection of snooze as “one alarm”.

  Further, although not shown in the figure, the snooze time can be displayed on the alarm operation time display unit 13a of the touch panel display 13, for example, “+3 minutes”.

  Snooze is a function that pauses the ringing of the alarm bell sound and, for example, the bell sound is sounded again after a predetermined time such as 3 minutes. For example, the bell sound is sounded again after 3 minutes, and the user again alarms. When the button 3 is lightly pressed and snooze is selected, the number of alarms stored in the alarm time memory 14 is updated again.

As shown in FIG. 11, the snooze operation routine R5 composed of S30 to S31a is continued until the user 30 finishes the selection of snooze and stops the alarm.
<S32>
The alarm bell sounds.
<S33>
The user 30 presses the alarm button 3 downward to fix it and stop the alarm.
<S34>
The learning device 1 presents the number of added problems and the number of alarms as necessary.

That is, as shown in FIG. 12 (3), it is presented as “problem is 10 + 2 questions” to inform the user that the number of added questions is two questions.
<S35>
When the user 30 presses the next button 13n on the touch panel display 13, as shown in FIG. 12 (4), the first problem determined in the course is displayed.
<S36 to S42a>
The operations in S36 to S43a are the same as those in the “alarm operation process” described above, and redundant description is omitted.

  12 (5) to 12 (7) are display examples of the touch panel display 13 in S36 to S43a, which are the same as those in [Alarm activation process], and redundant description is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the answer input storage routine R <b> 6 composed of S <b> 36 to S <b> 42 a continues until the problem defined in the course is completed by the “question acquisition process”.

  The learning device 1 newly gives additional questions according to the number of alarms when the questions set in the course are finished. For the additional problem, the preliminary problem shown in FIG. 5A is used.

The preliminary problem is a plurality of problems supplemented to the same level as the standard problem that is a standard problem defined in the course, and is held by the center server 18.
<S43 to S44>
The learning device 1 gives additional questions according to the number of alarms.

  That is, as shown in the snooze additional question routine R7 in FIG. 10, the question question and answer input for the additional question, and the display of whether the answer is correct or incorrect are repeated, but the operation is the same as in the answer input saving routine R6. The description to be omitted is omitted.

Since the operation of the learning device 1, the user 30, and the center server 18 in the snooze addition questioning routine R7 and the display example of the touch panel display 13 of the learning device 1 are the same as those already described, the redundant description is omitted.
<S45>
The learning device 1 presents an end message when the additional questions are finished.

  As described above, the learning device 1 can enhance the learning effect by using a method in which the content related to the problem that is given when waking up is given to the user 30 in advance when the alarm is set.

  As mentioned above, the contents related to the problem, that is, the form of the notice of the problem, “Problem to be answered”, “Presentation of answer”, “Presentation of hint”, “How to solve the problem to be answered”, “Seminar of answer”, Although it is possible to select from a format such as “Explanation of answer”, an example in which “Answer and explanation” is used as a question notice format will be shown using FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the touch panel display 13 presents an example sentence citing the problem and an interpretation of the example sentence.

In the snooze function of the present embodiment, for example, if the number of alarms activated by the snooze function is large, the number of problems is increased. Then, since the user considers reducing the number of times to operate the snooze function and reducing the number of questions to be answered, it can be expected that the motivation for getting up early is increased as a result.
[Effect of the first embodiment]
As described above, according to the learning device of the first embodiment of the present invention, when an alarm is set at bedtime, it is possible to know in advance an answer to a question, a hint of an answer, a way to solve, and an example of a model answer. Therefore, it is possible to motivate the user to learn, to support the improvement of memory and logical ability during the sleep of the user, to enhance the learning effect, and to make early waking habits.
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[Description of All Drawings of Second Embodiment: FIG. 14]
Next, a second embodiment of the learning apparatus of the present invention will be described using FIG. The difference from the first embodiment is that the question assignment means 61 of the overall control unit 6 is newly provided with the question content adjustment means 63, and the other components are the same as those of the first embodiment. Are given the same numbers, and duplicate descriptions are omitted.

The second embodiment adds an invention that adjusts the amount and quality of the question to be asked according to the alarm setting time and the alarm activation time. For example, when the sleep time is short, the amount and quality of the question are limited. On the other hand, if the sleeping time is long, the amount and quality of the questions are increased to obtain a more effective learning effect.

  In FIG. 14, the question content adjusting means 63 adjusts the amount and quality of the question to be given based on the alarm set time At and the alarm activation time Ad from the alarm time memory 14.

  In the embodiment, if the difference between the alarm set time At and the alarm activation time Ad, that is, the sleep time is smaller than the average value, the amount of the problem is suppressed, and if the alarm set time At is close to the dawn time zone, the problem quality is lowered. If the alarm set time At and the alarm operation time Ad are both early in the night, the problem quality is improved. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other structures are possible.

Since other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, a duplicate description is omitted.
[Effects of Second Embodiment]
As described above, this embodiment presents in advance a question and answer hints to be set when waking up when setting an alarm at bedtime, or an example of how to solve and an exemplary answer, thereby enhancing the motivation for learning of the user, The user's sleep improvement in memory and logical ability is supported, and according to the second embodiment, the learning effect is enhanced by a more effective method.

  According to the learning device of the present embodiment, it is possible to support improvement of memory and logical ability during sleep of the user, and to enhance the learning effect by a more effective method.

  It should be noted that the embodiment described above is not limited to this, and can be arbitrarily changed as long as it satisfies the gist of the present invention.

  In the above embodiment, the example in which the learning apparatus 1 is connected to the Internet has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the learning apparatus 1 can be realized by a so-called stand-alone type that does not connect to the Internet. . In the case of realizing the stand-alone type, the function provided by the center server may be incorporated in the learning device 1.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Learning apparatus 2 Time measuring means 3 Alarm button 31 Alarm setting means 32 Snooze function 33 Alarm stop means 4 Speaker 6 Overall control part 61 Problem question means 62 Notice means 63 Question content adjustment means 7 External interface part 71 Router 10 Personal computer 12 User interface Unit 13 Touch panel display 13a Alarm activation time display unit 13n Next button 13b Previous button 14 Alarm time memory 15 Question content memory 16 User answer memory 18 Central server 19 Personal computer 21 Internet 30 User As Alarm setting signal Ah Alarm stop signal Ahs Snooze signal At Alarm setting time Ad Alarm activation time R1 Question information acquisition routine R2 Question list acquisition routine R3 Notice presentation routines R4 and R6 Answer input saving routine R5 Snooze operation routine R7 Snooze additional question routine t Time progress

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Time measuring means, alarm setting means for setting an alarm, alarm operating means for operating the alarm based on the setting of the alarm setting means, alarm stopping means for stopping the alarm, and alarm output by the alarm stopping means In a learning apparatus provided with a question assignment means for asking a user a problem based on a stop signal,
The learning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the question setting means includes a notice means for preliminarily presenting to the user contents related to a problem to be answered when the alarm is activated based on an alarm setting signal output from the alarm setting means. .   The learning device according to claim 1, wherein the notice means presents a problem to be answered when the alarm is activated.   The learning apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the notice unit further presents a hint for answering a problem to be answered when the alarm is activated.   4. The learning apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the notice means further presents how to solve a problem to be answered when the alarm is activated.   The learning device according to claim 2, wherein the notice unit presents a problem to be answered when the alarm is activated, and further accepts an answer by the user. Time measuring means, alarm setting means for setting an alarm, alarm operating means for operating the alarm based on the setting of the alarm setting means, alarm stopping means for stopping the alarm, and alarm output by the alarm stopping means In a learning apparatus provided with a question assignment means for asking a user a problem based on a stop signal,
The learning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the alarm setting means adjusts an alarm activation time of the alarm activation means in accordance with an amount and quality of a problem that the question assignment means issues. Time measuring means, alarm setting means for setting an alarm, alarm operating means for operating the alarm based on the setting of the alarm setting means, alarm stopping means for stopping the alarm, and alarm output by the alarm stopping means In a learning apparatus provided with a question assignment means for asking a user a problem based on a stop signal,
The learning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the alarm stop unit has a snooze function, and the number of questions that the question questioning unit gives to the user is increased or decreased according to the number of alarms activated by the snooze function.   8. The question questioning means includes question content adjusting means for adjusting the question contents according to a time difference between an alarm setting time and the alarm activation time. 9. Learning device. 9. The learning apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the question content adjustment unit adjusts the questions so as to suppress questions when the time difference is short and to increase questions when the time difference is long.   The learning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the alarm set time is a bedtime of the user, and the alarm activation time is a wake-up time of the user. A learning system comprising the learning device according to claim 1, wherein the learning device is connected to a telecommunication network to enable learning of the user.   The learning system characterized by delivering the problem based on the result learned by the personal computer or the Internet connection terminal to the learning device according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

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