JPH06175579A - Learning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a learning device capable of selecting a various kinds of reproduction modes on a pupil side by selecting the reproduction mode to reproduce a voice teaching material recorded on memory by a slave machine. CONSTITUTION:As switches to select the reproduction mode, an ORIGINAL key to designate ordinary reproduction, a SHUFFLE key to switch over a reproduction order in word unit, and ODD and EVEN keys to designate ODD/ EVEN modes which designate a sentence in charge as conversation practice are provided, respectively. A reproduction mode key 87 to designate the reproduction mode on the pupil side is provided at the operating part of the slave machine, and each mode of a reproduction mode display part 88 can be put on sequentially by operating by depressing the switch by the pupil only when a FREE key is operated at a console operating part on a teacher side. Therefore, the voice teaching material can be reproduced in a lighting reproduction mode.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Table of Contents] The present invention will be described in the following order. Field of Industrial Application Conventional Technology Problems to be Solved by the Invention Means for Solving the Problems (FIGS. 1 and 6) Action (FIGS. 1 and 6) Example (1) Overall Configuration (FIG. 1) (2) ) Voice data format (Fig. 2) (3) Basic operation of learning device (Figs. 1 and 2) (4) Configuration of console operation unit and slave unit operation unit (Fig. 3,
(FIGS. 4 and 5) (5) Playback mode selection processing (FIG. 6) (6) Effect of the embodiment (7) Other embodiment Effect of the invention

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a learning device, and is particularly suitable for application to a learning device using audio teaching materials.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a learning device using an LL (Language Laboratory) system, there is one in which a voice teaching material is used as a teaching material and a memory is used as a means for recording and reproducing the voice teaching material (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 59- 129889, JP-A-59-224892, JP-A-3-78783).

In this type of learning device, the audio teaching material is divided into predetermined audio units when stored in the memory, and recording order data is added to the audio teaching materials, which are sequentially recorded in predetermined memory areas of the memory. There is. Therefore, the audio teaching material is played back in a predetermined playback order.

Here, in this type of learning device, various reproduction modes can be set as a mode in which the student reproduces the voice teaching material and practices it. In this case, the teacher side can reproduce various reproduction modes. Select to play the audio material on the student side.

[0006]

However, in this type of learning device, the teacher side can select various reproduction modes, whereas the student side cannot select them, which is not convenient. Atsuta

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to propose a learning device capable of selecting various reproduction modes on the student side.

[0008]

In order to solve such a problem, according to the present invention, a main operation section 16 for recording and / or reproducing audio teaching materials in a predetermined memory 47, and a memory 47.
A learning device 1 having a plurality of slaves 15 for playing back audio teaching materials from
0, playback modes ORIGINAL, ODD, EVEN, S for playing the audio teaching material recorded in the memory 47.
HUFLE is selected on the handset unit side 15.

Further, according to the present invention, the reproduction modes ODD and EVEN selected on the side of the handset 15 are in the conversation form of the first and second persons, and either the conversation portion of the first or the second person is selected. Have students choose and be in charge. Further, in the present invention, the reproduction mode SH selected on the slave unit 15 side.
UFFLE allows the audio material to be played back by changing the order in units of words.

[0010]

[Function] Play modes set as various practice methods ORIGINAL, ODD, EVEN, SHUFL
Since E can be selected in the child device 15 on the student side, the student can arbitrarily select a practice method.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

(1) Overall Structure FIG. 1 shows a learning device as a whole, and a console unit 16 operated by a teacher and a main control unit 11 for controlling the entire learning device 10 based on a command from the console unit 16. A voice storage unit 12 for storing voices, an external storage device control unit 13 for controlling an external storage device 52 (a magneto-optical disk device), a child device 15 provided on the student side and operated by the student, and the child device. The main controller 1 is configured by a slave interface 14 for controlling the machine 15.
1, a voice storage unit 12, an external storage device control unit 13, and a slave device interface 14 are each a control data transfer bus B.
It is connected to US1 and the bus BUS2 for audio data transfer.

In the console section 16, control data is sent from the input device 22 operated by the teacher to the serial input / output interface 33 of the main control section 11 via the control section 23 and the control circuit 24. The main controller 11 sends the control data from the control circuit 24 to the control circuit 41 via the serial input interface 33. Control circuit 41 is a shared RAM
Control data is transmitted and received to and from the control data transfer bus BUS1 via the (random access memory) 42.

The control data of the control data transfer bus BUS1 is input to the display unit 21 of the console unit 16 via the shared RAM 42, the control circuit 41, the serial input / output interface 33, the control circuit 24, and the control unit 23. .

Further, a headphone set 25 is provided in the console section 16, and the teacher's voice is transferred from the microphone of the headphone set 25 through the amplifier circuit 26 to the analog digital conversion circuit (A / A / D) of the main control section 11.
D) 36, and is sent to the audio data transfer bus BUS2 as digitalized audio data.

Further, the audio data of the audio data transfer bus BUS2 is converted into an analog audio signal via the digital analog conversion circuit (D / A) 37 of the main control section 11,
It is sent to the speaker section of the headphone set 25 through the amplifier circuit 27 of the console section 16.

Therefore, the main control section 11 can instruct to store the voice data in the voice storage section 12 and reproduce the voice data from the voice storage section 12 based on the control data from the console section 16. ing.

Further, the main control section 11 inputs the reproduction signal of the reproduction apparatus 32 provided outside to the analog digital conversion circuit 38 via the amplifier circuit 34, converts this into digital audio data, and then the audio transfer bus. The audio data of the audio transfer bus BUS2 is converted into an analog audio signal via the digital-analog conversion circuit 39 and is sent to the external loudspeaker 31 via the amplifier circuit 35 while being sent to the BUS2.

Further, the voice storage unit 12 time-switches (TSW) the voice data of the voice data transfer bus BUS2.
The data is input to the voice storage memory (RAM) 47 via 48 and the control data of the control data transfer bus BUS1 is input to the time switch 48 and the control circuit 45 via the shared RAM 49.

The time switch 48 sends and receives voice data between the voice data transfer bus BUS2 and the voice storage memory 47 based on control data input via the shared RAM 49. Further, the control circuit 45 controls the storage and reading of voice data to and from the voice storage memory 47 based on the control data input via the shared RAM 49.
6, the storage area of the voice storage memory 47 is calculated.

The external storage device control unit 13 inputs the audio data of the audio data transfer bus BUS2 to the audio storage memory (RAM) 56 and the external storage device driving unit 54, and controls the control data transfer bus BUS1. Is input to the address calculation unit 55, the control circuit 53, and the external storage device drive unit 54 via the shared RAM 51.

The control circuit 45 controls the storage and reading of voice data to and from the voice storage memory 56 based on the control data input via the shared RAM 51, and the address calculator 55 stores the voice data in the voice storage memory 56. The storage area is calculated. Further, the external storage device drive unit 54 is adapted to send and receive audio data between the external storage device 52 and the audio data transfer bus BUS2 based on the control data.

In the child machine 15, control data is sent from the input device 62 operated by the student to the serial input / output interface 68 of the child machine interface 14 through the control unit 63 and the control circuit 64. The slave unit interface 14 receives the control data from the control circuit 64 through the serial input interface 68.
To the control circuit 72 via. The control circuit 72 is configured to send and receive control data to and from the control data transfer bus BUS1 via the shared RAM 73.

The control data of the control data transfer bus BUS1 is input to the display unit 61 of the handset 15 via the shared RAM 73, the control circuit 72, the serial input / output interface 68, the control circuit 64, and the control unit 63. .

In addition, the handset 15 has a headphone set 65.
Is provided, and the student's voice is transmitted from the microphone of the headphone set 65 through the amplifier circuit 67 to the analog digital conversion circuit (A) of the slave interface 14.
/ D) 71, and it is sent to the audio data transfer bus BUS2 as digitalized audio data.

The voice data of the voice data transfer bus BUS2 is converted into an analog voice signal via the digital-analog conversion circuit (D / A) 69 of the handset interface 14 and is passed through the amplification circuit 66 of the handset 15. And is sent to the speaker section of the headphone onset 65.

Accordingly, the slave interface 14 is the slave 15
Alternatively, based on the control data from the console unit 16, it is possible to instruct the storage of the voice data in the voice storage unit 12 and the reproduction of the voice data from the voice storage unit 12.

(2) Voice data format FIG. 2 shows a voice data storage format in the voice storage memories 47 and 56 of the learning device 10 and the external storage device 52, showing the mutual relation between the voice data in sentence units. List data DATA1, DATA2, ... (See FIG. 2)
(A)), cell data AD (FIG. 2 (B)) for associating the cell number of the list data with audio data, audio data SD (FIG. 2 (C)), and silence that describes silence compression information. The audio data SD is composed of the compressed data ND (FIG. 2D), and the audio data SD is the audio storage memories 47 and 56.
List data DATA1 and DATA stored in
2, ..., Cell data AD and silence compression data ND are stored in the control circuit 41 of the main control unit 11, respectively.

That is, the list data DATA1 specifies a list number LN1 representing the list data DATA1, a file name FN1 unique to each list data DATA1, and an address of an audio data area specified by the list data DATA1. A cell number SN1 and a first list number LN11 and a second list number L that respectively specify the list numbers of the five comment voice data corresponding to the list data DATA1.
N12, a third list number LN13, a fourth list number LN14, a fifth list number LN15, and a sixth number representing a list number that specifies the audio data stored before the list data DATA1 as the storage order of the audio data.
List number LN16 and the list data DATA1
And a seventh list number LN17 that represents the list number that specifies the audio data stored next to.

Accordingly, the start address data AD1 of the cell data AD is designated by the cell number SN1 of the list data DATA1, and the addresses of the voice storage memories 47 and 56 are designated by the start address data AD1. ing.

If there is silence data as the voice data, the silence data is stored as the address NDA1 of the voice storage memories 47 and 56 and the silence compression data ND representing the silence time NDN1.
The designated addresses of 7 and 56 are designated for a predetermined silent time.

Here, a series of continuous voice data is stored in the voice storage memories 47 and 56 for each unit sentence, but this storage address can be randomly designated for each unit sentence. Similarly, the list data designating the storage address of the audio data is randomly stored instead of being sequentially stored in the order of the audio data. Therefore, the order of the list data is the seventh list number LN of each list data DATA1, DATA2, ....
17, LN27, ....

Therefore, for example, the first list data DATA
When the audio data designated by the cell number SN1 of No. 1 is reproduced, the list data DATA is reproduced when the reproduction is completed.
The list data indicated by the seventh list number LN17 of No. 1 is read out, and then the audio data designated by the cell number of the list data is reproduced. This is repeated in sequence to reproduce a series of audio teaching materials.

In the reproduction of the comment, when the first comment of the sentence currently being reproduced is designated, the list data indicated by the first list number designating the comment is read out and designated by the cell number of the list data. Play audio data.

(3) Basic operation of the learning device When the learning device 10 prepares the audio teaching material, when the teaching material preparation operation is performed in the console section 16, the operation command is sent to the control circuit 41 of the main control section 11. To be done.

The control circuit 41 of the main control unit 11 instructs the control circuit 53 of the external storage device control unit 13 to send the audio data to the audio storage memory 47 via the audio data transfer bus BUS2. At the same time, cell data AD and list data DATA are sent from the external storage device 52.
Control data transfer bus BUS1
It is stored in the RAM of the control circuit 41 of the main control unit 11 via.

Accordingly, the external storage device controller 13 sends the audio data stored in the external storage device 52 to the audio storage memory 47. Further, when the child device 15 reproduces the audio teaching material, when the reproduction switch is operated in the child device 15, the operation command is sent to the child device interface 14. The slave device interface 14 is a control data transfer bus B.
The operation command is sent to the control circuit 41 of the main control unit 16 via US1.

The control circuit 41 of the main control unit 16 reads the reproduction address of the reproduction data from the list data and the cell data based on the operation command, and instructs the audio storage unit 12 to reproduce the address. At this time, time switch 4
8 is switched to the slave unit 15 that has sent the operation command. Accordingly, the voice storage unit 12 switches the time switch 48 based on the instruction and reproduces the instructed memory.

(4) Configuration of console operation unit and slave unit operation unit FIG. 3 shows an operation unit of the console unit 16 in the learning device 10, and comment keys 81A to 81E for designating comments 1 to 5 are provided. By pressing the comment key during recording or reproduction, the comment corresponding to the operated comment number can be recorded or reproduced.

Also, playback keys 82A to 82D for audio teaching materials
, A record key 82E, and a comment lock key 82F for preventing the student from playing the comment.

Further, as a switch for selecting the reproduction mode in which the practice method is set by the teacher on the basis of various reproduction methods, the ORIGINAL key 83 for designating the normal reproduction is used.
A, SHUFF for swapping the playback order word by word
LE key 83B, OD for specifying the ODD / EVEN mode for specifying the sentence in charge of conversation practice
A D key 83C and an EVEN key 83D, and a FREE key 83E for allowing a student to freely select a playback mode are provided.

On the other hand, FIG. 4 shows the operation unit of the slave unit 15, which is constituted by a display unit 61 for displaying the sentence number currently being reproduced and an input unit 62 operated by the student. The section 62 is provided with comment keys 85A to 85E for a student to specify and play a comment, and playback keys (86A to 86F) for playing audio teaching materials.

Here, as the playback keys, a rewind key 86A for returning the playback position, a stop key 86B, a fast forward key 86C for fast forwarding the playback position, and a repeat key 86.
A D key, a reproduction key 86E, and a pause key 86F are provided.

Further, the display section 61 is provided with a sentence number display section 84 and comment confirmation sections 89A to 89E for displaying the presence / absence of comments. The comment confirming sections 89A to 89E use the comment keys 85A to 85E.
Is provided corresponding to the upper part of the comment confirmation section 89A to 89E, and indicates that the comment of the teacher is recorded at the comment number corresponding to the comment confirmation section that is lit. Accordingly, the student can listen to the comment corresponding to the comment number by operating the comment keys 85A to 85E of the comment confirmation units 89A to 89E that are lit.

Further, a reproduction mode key 87 for designating the reproduction mode on the student side is provided, and the student can enter the reproduction mode key 87E only when the FREE key 83E (FIG. 3) is operated on the console operation section on the teacher side. By repeatedly pressing the switch, the playback mode display 88 displays "ORIGINAL", "SHUFFLE", "OD".
Lights in the order of "D" and "EVEN". Therefore, the audio teaching material can be played in the lit playback mode.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the reproduction mode. In the ODD / EVEN mode in which the student is in charge of the sentence as the conversation practice, the ODD1, ODD2, ... , ODDn
It is designed to be in charge of, and if EVEN is specified, the students will have EVEN1, EVEN2, ...
It is designed to handle EVENn.

(5) Reproduction Mode Selection Processing FIG. 6 shows a reproduction mode selection processing procedure on the slave unit 15 side, and the main control unit 11 determines whether or not a key input is made in step SP1. If an affirmative result is obtained here, the main control section 11 judges whether or not the key operated in step SP2 is the reproduction mode key 87, and if a positive result is obtained here, the main control section 11 moves to the following step SP3. The playback mode key of the console section 16 on the side is "FRE
It is determined whether "E" (83E) is designated.

If a positive result is obtained here, this means that the reproduction mode can be selected on the slave unit 15 side, and at this time, the main control unit 11 moves to step SP4 and the slave unit 15 of the current slave unit 15 is selected. Play mode is "ORIGINAL"
Or not.

If a positive result is obtained here, the main controller 1
In step SP5, the reproduction mode of the handset 15 is changed to "SHUFFLE" in step SP5, and the process returns to step SP1. On the other hand, when a negative result is obtained in step SP4, the main control unit 11 moves to the following step SP6 and determines whether or not the current reproduction mode of the slave unit 15 is "SHUFFLE".

If a positive result is obtained here, the main controller 1
In step SP7, the reproduction mode of the slave unit 15 is changed to "ODD" in step SP7, and the process returns to step SP1. On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP6, the main control unit 11 moves to the following step SP8 and determines whether or not the current reproduction mode of the child device 15 is "ODD".

If a positive result is obtained here, the main controller 1
In step SP9, 1 changes the reproduction mode of the slave unit 15 to "EVEN", and the process returns to step SP1.
On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP8, the main control unit 11 moves to the following step SP10 and determines whether or not the current reproduction mode is "EVEN".

If a positive result is obtained here, the main controller 1
In step SP11, the reproduction mode of the handset 15 is changed to "ORIGINAL" in step SP11.
Return to. On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP10, the main control unit 11 causes the above-mentioned step SP1.
Return to.

Thus, in the child device 15, the reproduction mode can be selected when the reproduction mode key of the console section 16 on the teacher side designates the "FREE" mode.

(6) Effects of the Embodiments With the above-described configuration, the learning device 10 can select the reproduction mode in the child device 15, so that each student can practice in the reproduction mode that suits him or herself.

(7) Other Embodiments In the above embodiment, the reproduction mode is "OR".
"IGINAL", "SHUFFLE", "ODD",
Although the case where each mode of “EVEN” is set has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and various other reproduction modes may be set.

[0056]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the playback mode can be selected in the child device on the student side, the student can select the practice method based on the desired playback mode. Therefore, it is possible to realize a learning device that can be further improved in usability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a learning device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a data format according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a console operation unit.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a slave unit operation unit.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for explaining an ODD / EVEN reproduction mode.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a reproduction mode selection processing procedure.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Learning device, 11 ... Main control unit, 12 ... Voice storage unit, 13 ... External storage device control unit, 14 ... Handset interface, 15 ... Handset, 16 ... Console unit, 4
7 ... Voice memory, 81A to 81E ... Comment recording key, 85A to 85E ... Comment playback key, BUS
1 ... Control data transfer bus, BUS2 ... Voice data transfer bus.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A main operation unit for recording and / or reproducing an audio teaching material in a predetermined memory, and a plurality of slave units for playing the audio teaching material from the memory and storing practice sounds in the memory. In the learning device, the reproduction mode for reproducing the audio teaching material recorded in the memory is selected on the slave side. 2. The playback mode selected on the slave side is
2. The learning according to claim 1, wherein the conversation is in the form of a conversation between a first person and a second person, and the student selects and is in charge of one of the conversation parts of the first or second person. apparatus. 3. The reproduction mode selected on the slave side,
The learning device according to claim 1, wherein the audio teaching material is adapted to be played back in a word-by-word order.