JP2018013829A - Learning support system, server and terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a learning support system capable of supporting efficient learning of words by a user of a terminal device.SOLUTION: A terminal device of a learning support system accepts an input for identifying a narrowing-down condition composed of a target period including a date and a related condition associated to the target period, accepts an input of user-related information, and transmits the user-related information, a word book, and the narrowing-down condition to a server. The server extracts one or more users having the user-related information satisfying the narrowing-down condition according to a registered word data base, and transmits an extraction result containing a registered word included in the word book corresponding to the one or more users to the terminal device. The terminal device notifies the user of the extraction result.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

Description

  The present disclosure relates to a learning support system including a plurality of learning terminal devices and a server, the server, and the terminal device.

  Conventionally, an electronic dictionary as a learning terminal displays words (headwords) included in content (English-Japanese dictionaries, national language dictionaries, etc.) and explanation information of the words. Such electronic dictionaries generally have a word registration function for registering searched words. For example, a user (learner) who uses an electronic dictionary searches for a word he / she wants to memorize for studying various tests and registers it in the word book. As described above, a technique for using information stored in an electronic dictionary owned by each user is known.

  For example, Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2004-62228 (Patent Document 1) discloses a dictionary information totaling apparatus that totals dictionary search information in a terminal incorporating a dictionary. This device acquires from the terminal search information for unrecorded words in the dictionary in association with the search date information, stores the acquired search information for unrecorded words together with the search date information, and stores the stored information. Search information of unrecorded words is aggregated and displayed for each period in association with the search date information.

JP 2004-62228 A

  By the way, in various examinations (in-school examinations, entrance examinations, etc.), in order to pass a good grade or a desired school, it is necessary to get a better score than others. For example, in an English test, if the number of memorized English words is less than that of others, there is a high possibility that the score will be lower than that of others. Therefore, there is a need to memorize English words that may be memorized by others.

  Here, as in Patent Document 1, if the dictionary information of each user's electronic dictionary is aggregated into a database, it is possible to grasp which word has been searched. However, since the database includes dictionary information of other people who are not direct competitors of the user, it is impossible to efficiently grasp words that the user should memorize.

  An object of some aspects of the present disclosure is to provide a learning support system, a server, and a terminal device that can support efficient word learning by a user of a terminal device.

  A learning support system according to an embodiment includes a server and a learning terminal device configured to be able to communicate with the server. Whether the terminal device satisfies a condition input unit that receives an input for specifying a narrowing condition including a target period including a date and a related condition associated with the target period, user identification information, and whether or not a related condition is satisfied A user-related information input unit that receives input of user-related information including predetermined information used for the determination, a user-related information, a word book having a registered word and a registered date of the registered word in the terminal device, and a narrowing condition And an information transmission unit that transmits the information to the server. For each of the plurality of terminal devices, the server stores a registered word database that is transmitted by the terminal device in association with the word book and user-related information, and user-related information that satisfies a narrowing condition based on the registered word database. And an extraction processing unit that extracts one or more users having the registered words included in the word book corresponding to the one or more users, and transmits the extraction result to the terminal device. The terminal device further includes a notification unit that notifies the user of the terminal device of the extraction result transmitted from the extraction processing unit.

  According to the present disclosure, it is possible to support efficient learning of words by a user of a terminal device.

It is the schematic which shows the whole structure of the learning assistance system according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure showing the external appearance of the electronic dictionary according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of an electronic dictionary according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the input screen of the user relevant information according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the word book according to Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a screen for setting refinement conditions according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the total result according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the other example of the total result according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a functional block diagram of an electronic dictionary and a server according to the first embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence of the electronic dictionary and server according to Embodiment 1. It is a figure which shows the search history table according to Embodiment 2. It is a functional block diagram of the electronic dictionary and server according to Embodiment 2. It is a figure which shows an example of the total result according to Embodiment 2. FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

  Below, an electronic dictionary is demonstrated as an example of a terminal device. However, the terminal device is not limited to the electronic dictionary, and may be any device that stores dictionary content and has a word search function and a word registration function. For example, the terminal device may be various devices such as a smartphone and a tablet having these functions.

[Embodiment 1]
<System overview>
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a learning support system 1 according to the first embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1, a learning support system 1 is a system for supporting word learning of each user who owns each electronic dictionary 10. Specifically, the learning support system 1 includes a plurality of electronic dictionaries 10A, 10B, 10C. For ease of explanation, in the following, when the configuration and function common to each of the electronic dictionaries 10A, 10B, and 10C are described, they are also collectively referred to as “electronic dictionary 10”. Typically, the number of electronic dictionaries 10 is defined by the number of users who use the service of the learning support system 1.

  The electronic dictionary 10 is configured to be able to communicate with the server 20 via the network 30. For example, the electronic dictionary 10 is configured to be connected to a wireless base station (not shown) such as a router using a wireless local area network (LAN) or a wired LAN, and to communicate with the server 20 via the network 30. . Note that the electronic dictionary 10 may be configured to be able to communicate with the server 20 via the network 30 by its own wireless communication connection function.

  Each electronic dictionary 10 periodically (for example, every day) transmits user-related information and a word book, which will be described later, to server 20 (sequence SQ2). Server 20 associates the user-related information and the word book transmitted from each electronic dictionary 10 with each other and stores them in the internal memory (registered word database) (sequence SQ4).

  Electronic dictionary 10A accepts an input of a narrowing condition for narrowing down words that are important (to be memorized) for the user, and transmits the narrowing condition to server 20 (sequence SQ6). Server 20 performs a predetermined tabulation process based on the registered word database and the narrow-down conditions (sequence SQ8). Server 20 transmits the counting result obtained by the counting process to electronic dictionary 10A (sequence SQ10). Electronic dictionary 10A displays the count result on the display (sequence SQ12).

<Hardware configuration>
(Electronic dictionary 10)
FIG. 2 shows an appearance of electronic dictionary 10 according to the first embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1, the electronic dictionary 10 includes a touch screen 105 and a plurality of operation keys. The touch screen 105 includes a display and a touch panel. The touch panel accepts input from the user's finger, stylus pen 9 and the like.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of electronic dictionary 10 according to the first embodiment. Referring to FIG. 3, an electronic dictionary 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 for executing a program, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 102 for storing data in a nonvolatile manner, and a RAM (for storing data in a volatile manner). Random Access Memory) 103, flash memory 104, touch screen 105, speaker 106, operation key 107 for receiving instructions from the user of the electronic dictionary 10, communication IF (Interface) 108, and IC (Integrated Circuit) A card reader / writer 109 and a power supply unit 110 are included.

  The touch screen 105 includes a display 1051 as a display device and a touch panel 1052 as an input device. Specifically, the touch screen 105 is realized by positioning and fixing a touch panel 1052 on a display 1051 (for example, a liquid crystal display). The touch screen is also referred to as a touch panel display, a display with a touch panel, or a touch panel monitor. In the touch screen 105, for example, a resistance film method or a capacitance method can be used as a touch position detection method.

  The flash memory 104 is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory. The flash memory 104 stores an operating system executed by the CPU 101, various programs, various contents, and data. The flash memory 104 stores various data such as data generated by the electronic dictionary 10 and data acquired from an external device of the electronic dictionary 10.

  The flash memory 104 stores, for example, a dictionary (dictionary) relating to various subjects (subjects) such as an English-Japanese dictionary, a Japanese-English dictionary, a Japanese history dictionary, and a world history dictionary as the content. Further, the flash memory 104 stores, for example, a word book described later as the data.

  The speaker 106 generates a sound in response to a command from the CPU 101. The communication IF 108 is an interface used for communicating with other devices. Communication IF 108 performs processing for transmitting data wirelessly and / or by wire.

  The touch panel 1052 is an input device that accepts input (touch input) using a user's finger, the stylus pen 9, and the like. The CPU 101 specifies an input position based on the output from the touch panel 1052, and performs screen display based on the specified input position.

  Each component 101-110 is mutually connected by the data bus. A memory card 1091 is attached to the IC card reader / writer 109.

  Each component which comprises the electronic dictionary 10 shown by FIG. 3 is a common thing. Therefore, it can be said that the essential part of the present invention is the software stored in the flash memory 104, the memory card 1091 and other storage media, or the software downloadable via the network.

  The recording media are not limited to DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, FD (Flexible Disk), and hard disk, but are magnetic tape, cassette tape, optical disk (MO (Magnetic Optical Disc) / MD (Mini Disc) / DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), optical card, mask ROM, EPROM (Electronically Programmable Read-Only Memory), EEPROM (Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), flash ROM, etc. . The recording medium is a non-temporary medium that can be read by the computer.

  The electronic dictionary 10 may further include a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver for acquiring position information of the device itself. The GPS receiver receives a GPS signal or a position signal (positioning signal) from the base station and acquires position information of the electronic dictionary 10. The GPS receiver inputs the acquired position information of the electronic dictionary 10 to the CPU 101.

(Server 20)
The server 20 only needs to provide information processing as described below as a whole, and a known hardware configuration can be adopted. Therefore, a detailed description of the hardware configuration of the server 20 will not be given. For example, the server 20 includes a CPU for executing various processes, a memory for storing programs executed by the CPU, data, and the like, and a communication interface for transmitting and receiving various data to and from the electronic dictionary 10.

<Outline of processing>
Below, the outline | summary of the process in the learning assistance system 1 is demonstrated.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for describing a user-related information input screen 400 according to the first embodiment. Specifically, when the electronic dictionary 10 receives a user-related information registration instruction operation via the touch panel 1052, the electronic dictionary 10 displays the input screen 400 shown in FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 4, the user related information 41 includes the user's age, school year, school to which he belongs, sex, address, desired high school (junior high school, high school, university, etc.), deviation value, user ID, and device ID of the electronic dictionary 10. And location information. In the example of FIG. 2, the user's age is “16 years old”, the school year is “second high school”, the school to be attended is “XYZ high school”, the gender is “male”, and the deviation value is “55”. The device ID is set to “ABC123”, and the position information of the electronic dictionary 10 is set to “transmit”. Further, the address, the desired school, and the user name are not input (blank state). The electronic dictionary 10 stores the user related information 41 in the flash memory 104 when the selection of the registration button 43 is accepted.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the word book according to the first embodiment. Specifically, the word book 51 is data stored in the flash memory 104 by the word registration function in the electronic dictionary 10. Referring to FIG. 5, in one aspect, electronic dictionary 10 stores a word book 51 of English words by a word registration operation in the user's word book. Note that the word book 51 is typically created based on a user operation during browsing of an English-Japanese dictionary.

  In the word book 51, typically, identification information (word ID) of a registered word (headword), a registered word, a registration date and time of a registered word, and a memorization situation of the registered word are stored in association with each other. ing. If the memorization status is set to “done”, it indicates that the user has memorized the registered word. If the memorization status is set to “not yet”, the user has not yet memorized the registered word. Indicates not. That is, the memorization situation is memorization identification information indicating whether or not the user memorizes the registered word. The electronic dictionary 10 can uniquely specify the registered word by the word ID.

  The electronic dictionary 10 periodically transmits the user related information 41 and the word book 51 to the server 20 (corresponding to the sequence SQ2 in FIG. 1). The electronic dictionary 10 may transmit the user-related information 41 and the word book 51 when at least one of the user-related information 41 and the word book 51 is updated not regularly. Further, the electronic dictionary 10 may transmit the user ID and updated information (for example, position information) to the server 20 instead of transmitting all the information of the user related information 41 every time.

  The server 20 associates the user related information 41 and the word book 51 and stores them in the registered word database (corresponding to the sequence SQ4 in FIG. 1). That is, the number of sets of the user related information 41 and the word book 51 stored in the registered word database of the server 20 is the same as the number of users (electronic dictionary 10).

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a refinement condition setting screen 600 according to the first embodiment. Specifically, when the electronic dictionary 10 receives a setting instruction operation for a condition (squeezing condition) for narrowing down words to be memorized via the touch panel 1052, the electronic dictionary 10 displays a setting screen 600 shown in FIG. To display. Here, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that a narrowing condition is set according to an instruction from the user A of the electronic dictionary 10 </ b> A, and the narrowing condition is transmitted to the server 20.

  With reference to FIG. 6, the narrowing-down conditions are conditions for narrowing down words that are important for user A. Specifically, the narrowing-down condition includes at least a target period including a date and a related condition associated with the target period. The target period is a period indicating in which period a word registered as a word to be memorized by the user A is a target. The narrowing-down conditions include a condition relating to the number of registered users, a condition relating to the memorization rate, a display condition for registered words in the word book, and a display condition for memorized words.

  The selection window 63 is displayed in accordance with the selection operation for the target period input field 61 by the user A. From the selection window 63, the user A selects any one of the period from the time one day before the current time to the current time as the target period (the past one day), the past one week, the past three months, or the past year. Select. Alternatively, the user A directly inputs a desired target period in the input field 65.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in the related condition correspondence table 67, the related conditions are determined in advance according to the target period. Details of the related conditions will be described later.

  User A inputs a condition input field 71 for the number of registered users, a condition input field 73 for a memorization rate, a condition input field 75 for displaying registered words, and a condition input field 77 for displaying memorized words. User A specifies the narrow-down condition by the operation input as described above. Then, when the user A selects the setting button 69, the electronic dictionary 10A transmits the specified narrowing condition to the server 20 (corresponding to the sequence SQ6 in FIG. 1).

  When the server 20 narrows down words to be memorized by the user A based on the narrowing-down conditions, the server 20 first extracts users who satisfy the related conditions. Referring to FIG. 6, when the target period is “past 1 day”, “existing in the vicinity” is set as the related condition. In this case, the server 20 extracts users of other electronic dictionaries 10 existing in the vicinity of the electronic dictionary 10A based on the position information of each electronic dictionary 10 included in each user related information stored in the registered word database. . For example, assuming that 30 users are extracted, the server 20 has, for each registered word included in each word book corresponding to the 30 users, the number of users who registered the registered word within the past day ( “Registered persons” in FIG. 7 to be described later) is counted (corresponding to sequence SQ8 in FIG. 1).

  In addition, the server 20 refers to the memorization status of each registered word included in each word book corresponding to the 30 users, and the number of users who have memorized the registered word within the past day (described later). The number of memorized persons in FIG. 7 is also counted. Furthermore, the server 20 also calculates the ratio of users who memorize each registered word to the users who registered each registered word within the past day (the memorization rate in FIG. 7 described later). Then, server 20 transmits the counting result to electronic dictionary 10A (corresponding to sequence SQ10 in FIG. 1).

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a totaling result according to the first embodiment. Referring to FIG. 7, the words “brave”, “dream”, “above”, “claim”, etc. are registered within the past one day. For example, for the word “brave”, the number of people who registered the word (registered number) is “20 people”, and the number of people (memorized) of the word is memorized (the memorization status in the word book 51 is set to “done”). Number of people) is “1 person”, and the memorization rate of the word is “5%”.

  The server 20 also registers each registered user within the past one day based on the registered user number condition, the memorization rate condition, the registered word display condition, and the memorized word display condition included in the narrowing-down condition. Send the total result for the registered word.

  In the narrowing-down condition shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of words “brave”, “dream”, “above”, and “claim” (hereinafter, word group G) have a registered number of “2” or more and a memorization rate of “5”. % "Or more. In addition, the display conditions of the registered word and the memorized word are both set to “display”. Therefore, the server 20 transmits the count result of the word group G to the electronic dictionary 10A. For example, if the registered number of the word “claim” is “1”, the above condition is not satisfied, and therefore, a plurality of words “brave”, “dream”, “above” other than the word “claim”. The tabulation result for is sent to the electronic dictionary 10A.

  If the display condition of the registered word (and the memorized word) is set to “non-display”, the server 20 refers to the word book 51 corresponding to the electronic dictionary 10A (user A). Then, it is determined whether or not each word in the word group G has been registered (and memorized), and the result of counting the words that are not registered (memorized) in the word group G is transmitted to the electronic dictionary 10A. .

  Further, when the display condition of the registered word (and memorized word) is set to “display mode change”, the server 20 is registered with the registered (memorized) word (not memorized). A flag that can be distinguished from a word) is associated with each word of the word group G, and the total result of each word is transmitted to the electronic dictionary 10A. Thus, the electronic dictionary 10A can change the display form (font, color, etc.) of each word according to whether or not each word has been registered (memorized), and display the counting result on the display 1051. it can.

  Here, the reason why the related condition “present in the vicinity” is set for the target period “the past one day” as described above will be described in detail. For ease of explanation, it is assumed that a plurality of users X1 to Xn are learning words for an examination T (an in-school examination, an entrance examination, etc.). In this case, each of the plurality of users X1 to Xn generally registers words in order to achieve better results than other users in the test T.

  Usually, a plurality of users X1 to Xn are gathered in the same room (or venue) when taking the test T. Therefore, immediately before the test T (for example, several hours ago), it is considered that the user X1 and the remaining users X2 to Xn that are competitors exist in the vicinity. And since the words registered within the past one day by a plurality of users X1 to Xn are words registered at the final stage of studying for the exam, they are not easy words but are likely to be different from competitors. Most likely a difficult word. Therefore, there is a need for the user X1 to know what words the users X2 to Xn existing in the vicinity have registered immediately before the test. The other user who is “present in the vicinity” of the user X1 is, for example, another user who is in the same classroom (or the same school) as the user X1.

  In the case of confirming the total result from the past close to the current time to the current time as in the target period “past 1 day”, the above needs often exist. Therefore, if the related condition “existing in the vicinity” is set for the target period “past 1 day”, the user X1 simply selects the target period “past 1 day” and the remaining users X2 to Xn are immediately before the test. It is possible to confirm relatively difficult words that may have been memorized, and to prevent memorization of the words. If the target period is within the past one day, it is considered that the same needs as described above exist. Therefore, even if the target period is, for example, within the past two hours, the related condition “exists in the vicinity” is set. Is done.

  Referring to FIG. 6 again, as another example, when the target period is “past one year”, “same grade” is set as the related condition. In this case, the server 20 extracts a user of the same grade (same grade) as the user A based on the grade information included in each user related information stored in the registered word database. For example, if 2000 users are extracted, the server 20 counts the number of users who have registered the words within the past year for each registered word included in the word book corresponding to the 2000 users. .

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of the tabulation result according to the first embodiment. Referring to FIG. 8, the words “dream”, “big”, “small”, “claim”, and the like have been registered in the past year. For example, for the word “dream”, the registered number is “1000”, the memorized number is “200”, and the memorized rate is “20%”.

  The reason why the related condition “same grade” is set for the target period “past 1 year” as described above will be described. When confirming the total results from the distant past to the current time, such as “Past 1 year”, the other users can select which words in the past rather than which words should be memorized immediately. There is often a need to know the trend of registering (or memorizing) and reaching the present. And, in the case of on-campus examinations and entrance examinations, the competitors are mostly users of the same grade as you, so you can efficiently learn words by grasping the tendency of word registration of users of the same grade . If the target period is from the past one year or more to the present, similar needs are considered to exist, so even if the target period is within the past two years, for example, the related condition “same "School year" is set.

  Referring to FIG. 6 again, as yet another example, when the target period is “user specified period”, “same school and same grade” is set as an example of the related condition. When confirming the total result of the period specifically designated by the user, the competitors for the user are often narrowed to a relatively narrow range. For example, in an on-campus examination (intermediate examination, etc.) where the examination period varies from school to school, competitors are limited to others at the same school and the same grade.

  As a result, if the same period is set as the related condition for the target period “user specified period”, for example, from the beginning of the test period (for example, 9/1) to the present By simply specifying the period, it is possible to grasp the word registration tendency of competitors (the same school and other users of the same grade). Therefore, it is possible to efficiently advance word learning for the campus examination.

<Functional configuration>
FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of electronic dictionary 10 and server 20 according to the first embodiment. The electronic dictionary 10 includes a user-related information input unit 202, a condition input unit 206, a terminal transmission unit 208, a terminal reception unit 210, and a notification unit 212 as main functional configurations. These functions are typically realized by the CPU 101 of the electronic dictionary 10 executing a program stored in the flash memory 104 (or ROM 102). Note that some or all of these functional configurations may be realized by hardware. The electronic dictionary 10 further includes a word book storage unit 204 realized by the flash memory 104.

  The server 20 includes an extraction processing unit 301 and a server reception unit 302 as main functional configurations. These functions are typically realized by the CPU of the server 20 executing a program stored in a memory (ROM, hard disk, etc.). Note that some or all of these functional configurations may be realized by hardware. The server 20 further includes a registered word database 304 realized by a memory.

  The user related information input unit 202 of the electronic dictionary 10 receives input of user related information via an input device (touch panel 1052 or operation key 107). Specifically, the user related information input unit 202 receives input of various types of information from the user on the user related information input screen 400 (see FIG. 4). Moreover, in another situation, the user related information input part 202 receives the input of the positional information of the electronic dictionary 10 contained in user related information via a GPS receiver. The GPS receiver may be configured to be mounted on the electronic dictionary 10 or may be configured to be connected to the outside of the electronic dictionary 10. The user related information includes at least the identification information (user ID) of the user of the electronic dictionary 10 and predetermined information (for example, position information, grade information, school information) used for determining whether or not the related condition is satisfied. Including.

The word book storage unit 204 stores the word book 51 as shown in FIG.
The condition input unit 206 receives an input for specifying a narrowing condition for narrowing down words that are important for the user of the electronic dictionary 10 via the input device. Specifically, the condition input unit 206 accepts input of various conditions by the user on the narrowing condition setting screen 600 (see FIG. 6).

  The terminal transmission unit 208 transmits user-related information, a word book, and a narrowing condition to the server 20 via the communication IF 108. Specifically, the terminal transmission unit 208 transmits user-related information and a word book regularly (or when information is updated). Further, the terminal transmission unit 208 transmits the narrowing-down conditions when setting conditions (when the setting button 69 is selected on the setting screen 600). Note that the terminal transmission unit 208 may be configured to simultaneously transmit user-related information, a word book, and a narrowing-down condition to the server 20.

  The server reception unit 302 of the server 20 receives user-related information, a word book, and a narrowing-down condition from each electronic dictionary 10 via the communication IF. The server reception unit 302 stores the user-related information received from each electronic dictionary 10 and the word book in the registered word database 304 in association with each other. That is, the word book is managed by the server 20 for each user (electronic dictionary 10). In addition, the server reception unit 302 outputs the narrow-down condition received from the electronic dictionary 10 to the extraction processing unit 301.

  Based on the registered word database 304, the extraction processing unit 301 extracts one or more users having user-related information satisfying the narrowing-down condition, and an extraction result having registered words included in a word book corresponding to the one or more users Is transmitted to the electronic dictionary 10. Specifically, the extraction processing unit 301 includes an extraction unit 303, a totaling unit 306, and a server transmission unit 308.

  The extraction unit 303 refers to the registered word database 304 and extracts one or more users that satisfy the related condition set in association with the target period in the narrow-down condition.

  More specifically, when the target period is within the past one day, the extraction unit 303 exists in the vicinity of the electronic dictionary 10 based on each position information included in each user related information stored in the registered word database 304. One or more users of one or more other electronic dictionaries 10 that satisfy the condition (for example, existing in a range of 10 m) are extracted. In addition, when the target period is a period from the past one year or more to the present, the extracting unit 303 stores the electronic dictionary 10 based on each grade information included in each user related information stored in the registered word database 304. One or more users who are in the same grade as the user are extracted. Furthermore, when the target period is a period directly input by the user in the input field 65 (user specified period), the extraction unit 303 includes each grade information and each grade information included in each user related information stored in the registered word database 304. Based on the school information, one or more users having the same school and the same grade are extracted.

  The counting unit 306 counts the number of users who registered the registered word within the target period among the one or more users for each registered word included in each word book corresponding to the extracted one or more users. Execute. Furthermore, the totaling unit 306 stores, based on memorization identification information (memorization status) of each registered word included in each word book corresponding to one or more users, the user who memorizes the registered word within the target period. The number of people is further counted.

  The server transmission unit 308 transmits the aggregation result of the aggregation unit 306 (corresponding to the extraction result by the extraction processing unit 301) to the electronic dictionary 10. In one aspect, for each registered word included in each word book corresponding to the one or more users, the server transmission unit 308 determines that the number of users who registered the registered word within the target period is equal to or greater than the reference number. The count result for the registered word is transmitted to the electronic dictionary 10. The reference number of people corresponds to the number of registered users on the narrow-down condition setting screen 600 and is determined by the user.

The terminal reception unit 210 of the electronic dictionary 10 receives the counting result transmitted from the server 20.
The notification unit 212 notifies the user of the electronic dictionary 10 of the aggregation result received by the terminal reception unit 210 (extraction result by the extraction processing unit 301). Specifically, the notification unit 212 causes the display 1051 to display the counting result. Or the alerting | reporting part 212 outputs an audio | voice as a total result via the speaker 106. FIG.

<Processing procedure>
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing procedure of electronic dictionary 10 and server 20 according to the first embodiment. The following steps of the electronic dictionary 10 are realized by the CPU 101 of the electronic dictionary 10 executing a program stored in the memory. The following steps executed by the server 20 are realized by the CPU of the server 20 executing a program stored in the memory.

  Referring to FIG. 10, electronic dictionary 10 accepts input of user-related information 41 via touch panel 1052 (and a GPS receiver) (step S10). The electronic dictionary 10 transmits the user related information 41 and the word book 51 to the server 20 via the communication IF 108 (step S12).

  The server 20 receives the user related information 41 and the word book 51 from the electronic dictionary 10 via the communication IF (step S50). The server 20 stores the user related information 41 and the word book 51 in a memory (registered word database) in association with each other.

  The electronic dictionary 10 determines whether or not an input of a narrowing condition has been accepted (step S14). If the input is not accepted (NO in step S14), the electronic dictionary 10 repeats the process of step S14. If the input is accepted (YES in step S14), the electronic dictionary 10 transmits the narrowing condition to the server 20 via the communication IF 108 (step S16).

  The server 20 receives the narrow-down condition from the electronic dictionary 10 via the communication IF (step S52). The server 20 executes a counting process for each registered word based on the registered word database and the narrowing-down conditions (step S54). The server 20 transmits the counting result (for example, the counting result as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8) to the electronic dictionary 10 via the communication IF (step S56).

  The electronic dictionary 10 receives the counting result via the communication IF (step S18). The electronic dictionary 10 displays the count result on the display 1051 (step S20), and ends the process.

<Advantages>
According to the first embodiment, it is possible to check the total result of words to be memorized for the user simply by designating the target period, so that learning can be efficiently advanced. Further, it is possible to prevent omission of memorizing words that may be memorized by others.

[Embodiment 2]
In the first embodiment described above, the configuration in which the server 20 executes the aggregation process for each registered word registered within the target period has been described. In the second embodiment, a configuration will be described in which the server 20 further executes a tabulation process for each search word searched within the target period.

  FIG. 11 shows a search history table according to the second embodiment. Specifically, the search history table 81 is data stored in the flash memory 104 by the word search function in the electronic dictionary 10. Referring to FIG. 11, in one aspect, electronic dictionary 10 stores English word search history table 81 by a user's word search operation. The search history table 81 is typically created based on a user operation during browsing of an English-Japanese dictionary.

  In the search history table 81, typically, identification information of the searched word (search word), the search word, and the date and time (search date and time) when the search word was searched are stored in association with each other. The electronic dictionary 10 can uniquely specify the search word based on the identification information.

  FIG. 12 is a functional block diagram of electronic dictionary 10 and server 20 according to the second embodiment. The functional configuration of the electronic dictionary 10 according to the second embodiment is obtained by adding a search history table storage unit 214 to the functional configuration of the electronic dictionary 10 in FIG. The functional configuration of the server 20 according to the second embodiment is obtained by adding a search history database 310 to the functional configuration of the server 20 shown in FIG. Therefore, detailed description of the functional configurations similar to those of the first embodiment is not repeated among the functional configurations of the electronic dictionary 10 and the server 20 according to the second embodiment.

  The search history table storage unit 214 stores a search history table 81 as shown in FIG.

  The terminal transmission unit 208 transmits the user related information 41, the word book 51, the filtering condition, and the search history table 81 to the server 20 via the communication IF 108. Typically, the terminal transmission unit 208 periodically transmits the search history table 81 to the server 20. Note that the terminal transmission unit 208 may transmit the search history table 81 when the search history table 81 is updated (that is, a word is searched) instead of periodically. Note that the terminal transmission unit 208 may transmit the search history table 81 at different timings with the user-related information 41, the word book 51, and the narrowing-down conditions, or at the same time.

  The server receiving unit 302 stores the user related information 41 received from each electronic dictionary 10 and the search history table 81 in association with each other in the search history database 310. That is, the search history table 81 is managed by the server 20 for each user (electronic dictionary 10).

  Based on the search history database 310, the extraction processing unit 301 transmits an extraction result having a search word included in the search history table 81 corresponding to one or more users satisfying the narrowing-down condition to the electronic dictionary 10.

  Specifically, the extraction unit 303 refers to the search history database 310 and extracts one or more users that satisfy the related condition in the narrowing-down conditions. For example, the condition that the extraction unit 303 exists in the vicinity of the electronic dictionary 10 based on each piece of position information included in each user related information stored in the search history database 310 when the target period is within the past one day. One or more users of one or more other electronic dictionaries 10 that satisfy the above are extracted.

  Then, for each search word included in the search history table 81 corresponding to the one or more extracted users, the totaling unit 306 searches for the number of users who searched the search word within the target period among the one or more users. Execute the aggregation process. For example, when the target period is “the past one day”, a tabulation result as shown in FIG. 13 is obtained.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a totaling result according to the second embodiment. Compared with the total result shown in FIG. 7, an item of the number of searchers is added to the total result shown in FIG. Specifically, the words “brave”, “dream”, “above”, “claim”, etc. are registered and searched within the past day. For example, for the word “brave”, the registered number is “20”, the memorized number is “1”, the memorized rate is “5%”, and the number of searches is “30”. Typically, when a user searches for a word, the word is automatically registered in the search history table. Thereafter, when the user performs an operation for registering the word in the word book, the word is registered in the word book. Therefore, basically, the number of searchers is greater than the number of registered people.

  Thus, for example, the user can check the total result of the target period “Past 1 day” immediately before the test, so that the remaining users in the vicinity of the user can see what Register words and see if you've searched.

<Advantages>
According to the second embodiment, since a word that has been searched but is not registered in the word book can also be grasped, the user can prevent omission of memorizing the word with higher accuracy.

[Embodiment 3]
It is also possible to provide a program that causes a computer to function and execute control as described in the first and second embodiments. Such a program is recorded on a non-temporary computer-readable recording medium such as a flexible disk attached to the computer, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), a ROM, a RAM, and a memory card as a program product. It can also be provided. Alternatively, the program can be provided by being recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk built in the computer. A program can also be provided by downloading via a network.

  The program may be a program module that is provided as a part of an operating system (OS) of a computer and that calls necessary modules in a predetermined arrangement at a predetermined timing to execute processing. In that case, the program itself does not include the module, and the process is executed in cooperation with the OS. A program that does not include such a module can also be included in the program according to the present embodiment.

  Further, the program according to the present embodiment may be provided by being incorporated in a part of another program. Even in this case, the program itself does not include the module included in the other program, and the process is executed in cooperation with the other program. A program incorporated in such another program can also be included in the program according to the present embodiment.

[Other embodiments]
1) In the above-described embodiment, the case where the registered word and the search word are English words has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the registered word and the search word may be a Japanese history word, a world history word, or a word in a language other than English.

  2) In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the related condition associated with the target period is set when the user inputs the target period is described, but the configuration is not limited thereto. For example, the user may be configured to input the related condition itself instead of the target period. For example, if the user selects (inputs) “existing in the vicinity” as the related condition, the target period is set to “past 1 day”, and if the same condition is selected as the related condition, the target period is set to “past 1 year” May be.

  Further, when the user selects “exists in the vicinity” as the related condition, the target period may be set according to the place where the user (that is, the electronic dictionary 10) exists. For example, when “existing in the vicinity” is selected as the related condition when the user is at school, the target period “past 1 day” or “past 2 days” is set. This means that if you want to know what new words your rivals have learned, the target period is set to a short period, such as “last 1 day”, for rivals (school classmates) who meet almost every day. This is because it is enough.

  As another example, when “existing in the vicinity” is selected as a related condition when the user is in a cram school classroom, the target period “past one week” is set. This is because there is a high probability that you will meet only once a week (or twice a week) with your rivals.

  As yet another example, when the user is in a venue for a mock test or the like (once every six months or once a year) and selects “existing in the vicinity” as a related condition, the target period “past six months”, “ "Past 1 year" or "Period from first year high school to the present" is set. This is because a student who came to take a mock exam, which is his rival, meets only once every six months, once a year, or just once before the exam (six months before the exam).

  The electronic dictionary 10 can be used by comparing the position information acquired by the GPS receiver with the position information of a school, a cram school, a mock test venue, etc. stored in the internal memory of the electronic dictionary 10 in advance. 10) It is determined in which place (for example, a school, a cram school, a mock test venue, etc.) exists. Alternatively, the electronic dictionary 10 may accept input of information indicating where the user exists from the user.

  3) In the above-described embodiment, when the related condition “present in the vicinity” is set for the target period “past 1 day” and the target period is “past 1 year”, the related condition is “same” Explained the composition of “School Year”. Here, the related condition “same school” or “same prep school” may be set for the target period “past one week”. This is because the user meets only once a week (or twice a week) with a student who attends a cram school (or prep school) that is the same (name, place, etc.) as the cram school (or prep school) that he / she attends. . For this reason, there is a need for the user to know what words the rival has registered by the last week. In this case, the electronic dictionary 10 accepts input of information such as a cram school or a prep school that the user is attending on the user related information input screen 400. That is, the user related information further includes cram school information and school information.

  4) In the above-described embodiment, as an example of the extraction result, an aggregation result (FIG. 7, FIG. 8, etc.) including the registered word in the target period and the number of users who registered the registered word is transmitted to the electronic dictionary 10. Although the structure to perform was demonstrated, it is not restricted to the said structure. For example, the extraction processing unit 301 is configured to transmit only the registered words registered in the target period (for example, only the word “brave” or the like) to the electronic dictionary 10 as the extraction result without performing the aggregation process of the number of persons. May be. Even in this case, the user of the electronic dictionary 10 confirms the extraction result transmitted from the server 20 so that the user who satisfies the related condition (such as “present in the vicinity”) You can see if you registered.

  5) The word book shown in FIG. 5 of the above-described embodiment may include a memorization date and time item in addition to the registered word identification information, the registered word, the registration date and time, and the memorization status. The memorization date and time is the date and time when the user memorizes the registered word and sets the memorization status to “done”. Therefore, the memorization date / time is not registered for a registered word whose memorization status is “not yet”. In this case, the target period may be a period indicating in which period the word memorized is the target. For example, when the target period is “the past one day”, the server 20 determines the vicinity of the electronic dictionary 10 based on the position information of each electronic dictionary 10 included in each user related information stored in the registered word database. The users of other electronic dictionaries 10 existing in are extracted. Then, assuming that 30 users are extracted, the server 20 memorizes the registered words within the past day based on the memorized date and time for each registered word included in each word book corresponding to the 30 users. The number of users can be totaled. That is, the user of the electronic dictionary 10 can grasp a word memorized immediately before (within the past one day) by a user existing in the vicinity of the user. Similarly, when the target period is “past one year”, the user of the electronic dictionary 10 can grasp words memorized by other users of the same grade as the self within the past year.

  6) The search history table shown in FIG. 11 of the above-described embodiment has a configuration including the items of memorization status and memorization date and time shown in FIG. 5 in addition to the identification information of the search word, the search word and the search date and time. May be. In this case, the user can search for a word and set a memorization situation (whether or not the search word is memorized), and the setting contents are reflected in the memorization situation and the memorization date and time. Accordingly, since the user can set the memorization status of the word without registering the word, the memorization status of the user's word can be accurately reflected.

  The configuration illustrated as the above-described embodiment is an example of the configuration of the present invention, and can be combined with another known technique, and a part of the configuration is omitted without departing from the gist of the present invention. It is also possible to change the configuration.

  In the above-described embodiment, the processing and configuration described in the other embodiments and the processing and configuration described in the modification may be appropriately adopted and implemented.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

1 learning support system, 10 electronic dictionary, 20 server, 41 user related information, 43 registration button, 30 network, 51 word book, 61, 65 entry field, 63 selection window, 67 related condition correspondence table, 69 setting button, 71, 73, 75, 77 Condition input field, 81 Search history table, 101 CPU, 102 ROM, 103 RAM, 104 Flash memory, 105 Touch screen, 106 Speaker, 107 Operation key, 109 Card reader / writer, 110 Power supply unit, 202 User related Information input unit, 204 Word book storage unit, 206 Condition input unit, 208 Terminal transmission unit, 210 Terminal reception unit, 212 Notification unit, 214 Search history table storage unit, 301 Extraction processing unit, 302 Server reception unit, 304 Registered word database 3 06 totaling unit, 308 server transmission unit, 310 search history database, 400 input screen, 600 setting screen, 1051 display, 1052 touch panel, 1091 memory card.

Claims (5)

A learning support system comprising a server and a learning terminal device configured to be able to communicate with the server,
The terminal device
A condition input unit that receives an input for specifying a narrowing condition including a target period including a date and a related condition associated with the target period;
A user-related information input unit that receives input of user-related information;
An information transmission unit that transmits the user related information, a word book having a registration word to the terminal device and a registration date and time of the registration word, and the filtering condition to the server;
The server
For each of the plurality of terminal devices, a registered word database that is transmitted by the terminal device and stores the word book and the user-related information in association with each other,
Based on the registered word database, one or more users having user-related information satisfying the filtering condition are extracted, and an extraction result having registered words included in the word book corresponding to the one or more users is extracted to the terminal device. An extraction processing unit to transmit,
The said terminal device is a learning assistance system further including the alerting | reporting part which alert | reports the said extraction result transmitted from the said extraction process part to the user of the said terminal device. A server configured to be able to communicate with a learning terminal device,
A terminal including a target period including a date, a narrowing condition including a related condition associated with the target period, user-related information, a word registered in the terminal device and a registration date and time of the registered word A server receiver for receiving from the device;
For each of the plurality of terminal devices, a registered word database that is transmitted by the terminal device and stores the word book and the user-related information in association with each other,
Based on the registered word database, one or more users having user-related information satisfying the filtering condition are extracted, and an extraction result having registered words included in the word book corresponding to the one or more users is extracted to the terminal device. A server including an extraction processing unit to transmit. The user related information includes location information of the terminal device,
When the target period is within the past one day, the extraction processing unit uses the position information of the terminal device as the related condition based on the position information included in the user related information stored in the registered word database. The server according to claim 2, wherein one or more users of one or more other terminal devices that satisfy a condition of being in the vicinity are extracted. The user related information includes grade information of a user of the terminal device,
When the target period is a period from the past one year or more to the present, the extraction processing unit, based on each grade information included in each user related information stored in the registered word database, the association The server according to claim 2, wherein the one or more users that satisfy a condition that the grade is the same grade as the user as a condition are extracted. A learning terminal device configured to be able to communicate with a server,
A condition input unit that receives an input for specifying a narrowing condition including a target period including a date and a related condition associated with the target period;
A user-related information input unit that receives input of user-related information;
An information transmission unit that transmits the user-related information, a word book having a registration word to the terminal device and a registration date and time of the registration word, and the narrowing condition to the server;
An information receiving unit that receives an extraction result extracted by the server based on a registered word database that associates and stores the word book and the user-related information transmitted from each of the terminal devices;
The extraction result has a registered word included in the word book corresponding to one or more users having user-related information that satisfies the filtering condition;
A terminal device further comprising a notification unit that notifies the user of the terminal device of the extraction result.

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