JPH08166761A - Device for uniting electronic learning assistance device and awakening device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve the conscious level necessary for stopping an awakening stimulus by providing the device with an awakening stimulus control means for controlling a awakening stimulus output means in accordance with the result of decision. CONSTITUTION: A questioning range and alarm stop conditions are inputted to an input device 42. An alarm output start time is inputted thereto. The output of an alarm is start from an alarm device 43 and a question is displayed on a display device 41 if the present time coincides with the alarm output start time. Whether an inputted answer is correct or erroneous is decided when the answer is inputted to the input device 42. Whether an alarm stop condition is satisfied or not is decided. The output of the alarm is stopped if the condition is fully satisfied. The device with which a user is more surely awaken than an alarm clock is obtd. if the device is so set that a game or puzzle is presented except a learning question and the alarm does not cease unless the game or puzzle is solved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an "electronic learning support device and an awakening device fusion device" in which an electronic learning support device using a computer or the like and an awakening device such as an alarm clock are combined.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional wake-up device such as a general alarm clock, even if the user wakes up once with an alarm, the alarm is stopped and the user falls asleep again and sleeps at the scheduled time. Sometimes, in bad times, I don't even remember to stop the alarm. One of the causes for this is that the alarm is stopped with a single switch, so that the alarm can be stopped even at a consciousness level close to sleep.

On the other hand, with the development of computer networks and multimedia technologies, an electronic learning support device using an electronic computer has been attracting attention. However, a drawback of conventional learning materials (including correspondence courses, radio courses, reference books, etc.), including this electronic learning support device, is that they often quit during the course without digesting the teaching materials until the end. One of the reasons for this is that the teaching material itself does not have the force to start and continue learning.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention overcomes the drawbacks of both of the above-mentioned devices by combining an awakening device and an electronic learning support device, and can wake up more reliably than a conventional alarm clock, and It is an object of the present invention to provide a device that enables people with weak will to continue learning every day. More specifically, in order to stop the wakefulness stimulus (alarm, etc.) generated by the wakefulness device, it is necessary to input the correct answer to the problem presented by the electronic learning support device. A device fusion device "is provided.

[0005]

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, when an answer is input to an answer input means D for a question presented by a question presenting means C, it is determined whether the answer is correct or incorrect. In the "fusion device of electronic learning support device and wakefulness device" judged by the means B, at least the wakefulness stimulus control means A for controlling the wakefulness stimulus output means E based on the result of this judgment is provided. It is a fusion device of electronic learning support device and awakening device ".

[0006]

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

As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 2, the hardware of the "fusion device of electronic learning support device and wake-up device" in one embodiment of the present invention is a central processing unit (CPU).
11, a clock device 21, a main storage device 31, a ROM 32, an external storage device 33, a display device 41, an input device 42, and an alarm device 43.

The CPU 11 is configured to operate according to a start program and a control program. The main storage device 31 is a RAM, and is a device for storing a control program executed by the CPU 11, an alarm output start time, a question range, an alarm stop condition, and data to be processed. The timing device 21 is a timer IC. A boot program is stored in the ROM 32. External storage device 33
Is a FD, which stores a control program that realizes a flowchart to be described later and information regarding questions / answers. The display device 41 is a liquid crystal display, and displays the current time, alarm output start time, question, correct answer, and the like. The input device 42 is a key input device, and is a device for inputting a current time, an alarm output start time, a question range, an alarm stop condition, and an answer. The alarm device 43 outputs an alarm for awakening stimulation.

The display device 41 includes the question presenting means C shown in FIG. 1, the input device 42 includes the answer input means D, and the alarm device 43 is the awakening stimulus output means E. The CPU 11, the main storage device 31, the ROM 32, and the external storage device 33 include an answer determination means B and an awakening stimulus control means A.
It is included.

The hardware shown in FIG. 2 can be realized by using a commercially available computer or a plurality of computers connected by a network in addition to the dedicated hardware. In these cases, the power switch of the computer is used. It is necessary to devise it so that it cannot be cut easily. Further, as the problem presenting means C, a problem collection and a display device may be used, and the problem number described in the problem collection may be designated on the display device. Alternatively, the problem may be presented by voice using a voice output device such as a speaker, and this voice may also be used as an arousal stimulus.

The operation of this embodiment constructed as described above will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG.

In step S0, when the power is turned on, the boot program stored in the ROM 32 is executed and initialization is performed. In step S1, the input device 4
Enter the current time from 2. Next, in step S2, a question range and an alarm stop condition (for example, if three correct questions are answered correctly, the alarm is stopped, or if seven correct answers are answered correctly, the alarm is stopped) are input. . In step S3, the alarm output start time is input.

In step S4, if the current time matches the alarm output start time, the process proceeds to step S5. Alarm output from the alarm device 43 is started (step S5), and the problem is displayed on the display device 41 (step S5).
6).

When the answer is input to the input device 42 (step S7), the correctness of the entered answer is determined, and it is determined whether the alarm stop condition is satisfied (step S).
8) If the alarm stop condition is not cleared, go to step S6, and if it is cleared, go to step S9,
In step S9, the output of the alarm is stopped.

In addition to the learning problem, if a game or a puzzle is given and the alarm is not stopped unless it is solved, the learning effect cannot be obtained, but the alarm clock is more reliable than the conventional alarm clock. It becomes a device that can.

[0016]

As is apparent from the above description, when an awakening stimulus such as an alarm is output, the subject (learner) must solve the presented problem in order to stop the awakening stimulus. Therefore, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) Compared with the conventional alarm clock, the consciousness level required to stop the wakefulness stimulus becomes higher, and the probability of falling asleep again decreases. That is, it is possible to wake up more reliably than the conventional alarm clock.

(2) Unlike the conventional learning material, a compulsory force for starting and continuing learning can be obtained, and even a person with a weak will can continue learning every day.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Awakening stimulus control means B Answer determination means C Question presentation means D Answer input means E Arousal stimulation output means 11 Central processing unit (CPU) 21 Timing device 31 Main storage device 32 ROM 33 External storage device 41 Display device 42 Input device 43 Alarm apparatus

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an "integrated device of an electronic learning support device and an awakening device", when an answer is input to an answer input means for a question presented by a question presenting means, the correctness of the answer is judged by the answer judging means. A "fusion device of an electronic learning support device and an awakening device" characterized by comprising at least an awakening stimulation control means for controlling the awakening stimulation output means based on the result of this judgment.