KR100993592B1 - Apparatus and method for providing game for measuring and improving attention ability - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device and a method of attention ability measurement and enhancement game are provided to measure the attention ability of a user and set the difficulty level of attention ability development game according to the measured result, thereby providing the user-oriented contents. CONSTITUTION: An attention ability development game provider(230) displays a plurality of targets which different game rule standards is applied on a screen. If the objects are selected, the attention ability development game provider performs the attention ability development game. The attention ability development game provider generated game performs data according to the result which performed the attention ability development game. A evaluation processor(250) evaluates the attention ability of a user and analyze the ability according to the game perform data.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing attention measurement and enhancement game provision {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GAME FOR MEASURING AND IMPROVING ATTENTION ABILITY}

The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for providing a functional game capable of measuring and enhancing attention ability.

The market size of the game industry is expanding rapidly due to the development of online game technology. In addition, as interest in net functions increases due to the effects of education, treatment, and training, games have been developed based on net functions of online games.

Such a functional game means a game produced by adding fun and special purposes, which are game elements. Early functional games were used for military purposes, but nowadays, purpose games such as education, training, and treatment are being developed. The development of functional games has attracted great attention in that they can contribute to diversifying the genre and expanding the game industry, as well as resolving negative perceptions of the game and creating a sound game culture.

Recently, functional games that focus on human cognitive ability have been developed among functional games. Cognitive ability is the basic ability of the human brain to perform intellectual activities, meaning the ability of the brain to influence all processes to process and analyze information in the environment quickly and effectively.

Specifically, cognitive abilities can be divided into various domains. Among them, the ability of attention means the ability to concentrate on mental activity and can be classified into various types of attentional ability.

First, divided attention ability means the ability to pay attention to two or more tasks or objects at the same time. In general, dealing with two or more tasks or objects is more error-prone than processing one. In addition, the selective attention ability is the ability to selectively react or concentrate only on specific information among various information, and means the ability to suppress information to be ignored.

On the other hand, other aspects of attention ability include automatic process capability and controlled process capability. Automated processing and controlled processing are mutually exclusive in nature, with automatic processing for easy tasks or familiar information and controlled processing for difficult tasks or unfamiliar information.

As such, the automatic processing capability is a processing capability such that an error rarely occurs even in a divisional attention situation in which a different behavior is performed during a specific behavior. For example, the automatic processing capability is used in a conversation with another person while walking. In addition, as an example of the control processing ability, the control processing ability is used when focusing without reading other difficult books.

Note that the automatic processing power does not use a lot of limited attention, so parallel processing is performed, and the control processing power uses a lot of attention resources, so that serial processing is performed to reduce errors. do.

This ability of attention varies according to the individual's ability and modality of information. In order to measure the attentional ability, a user has no choice but to visit a professional institution or an expert. Therefore, there is a disadvantage in that a high measurement cost is generated and measurement is cumbersome.

On the other hand, most of the conventional cognitive ability-related functional games simply provide the content to make use of the user's cognitive ability, and provides only the results of the game focused on the interest of the producer without the scientific analysis of the game results. .

Therefore, there is a need for a cognitive ability development game that includes the fun element of an online game but can measure and enhance the user's cognitive ability, especially attention.

The present invention is to solve the above-described problems, an embodiment of the present invention is to provide a functional game providing apparatus and method for providing a user's attention ability measurement and enhancement game.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention is to provide a functional game providing apparatus and method for providing a result of the scientific evaluation and analysis of the functional game performance results of the user.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, the functional game providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of objects to which different generation criteria are applied according to the set difficulty, the user selected from among the plurality of objects An attention ability development game providing unit providing an attention ability development game for determining whether an object is a suitable object according to a predetermined game rule; And an evaluation processor configured to provide analysis result data of evaluating and analyzing the user's attention ability according to the result of performing the attention development game.

In addition, the functional game providing method according to another aspect of the present invention, the step of setting the difficulty of the attention development game according to the user's connection history; Presenting a plurality of objects to which the generation criterion is applied according to the set difficulty level, and executing the attention development game to determine whether the object selected by the user among the plurality of objects is a suitable object according to a predetermined game rule; Performing evaluation and analysis on the result of the execution of the attention ability development game; And selecting a difficulty level of the attention development game to be performed by the user using the result information of the evaluation and analysis.

According to the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, it is possible to provide a user-customized content by measuring the user's attention ability and setting the difficulty of the attention development game according to the measured result.

In addition, according to the problem solving means of the present invention, by providing an evaluation and analysis according to the user's attention ability measurement results, it is useful for the user to recognize the kind of attention ability that the user lacks and a task for enhancing the attention ability.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a functional game providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of executing an attention development game according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating an example screen for performing an attention skill development game according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 7 are diagrams for explaining the difficulty level game rules of the attention development game according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a view for explaining the difficulty classification of the attention development game according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a view for explaining a user rating in the attention development game according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an evaluation processing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 and 11 are diagrams for describing analysis result data according to an embodiment of the present invention.
12 is a flowchart illustrating a functional game providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a functional game providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, as shown in Figure 1, the functional game providing apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user interface 210, the user information storage unit 220, attention development game provider 230, game content storage The unit 240, an evaluation processing unit 250, a user data storage unit 260, an evaluation result feedback processing unit 270, and an analysis result processing unit 280 are included.

The user interface 210 performs user authentication and registration for users requesting a cognitive ability development game service. In this case, the user interface 210 authenticates a user's game playing qualification of a user connected through a network such as the user terminal 100 and the Internet, and performs initial registration for the first accessing user.

In addition, the user interface 210 transmits the game content executed through the attention development game providing unit 230 to the user terminal 100.

In addition, the user interface 210 receives the analysis result data on the result of performing the user's attention development game from the user data storage unit 260 or analysis result processing unit 280 and provides the information as the user can recognize. For reference, the user interface 210 may transmit the analysis result page in the form of a web page in which the analysis result data is expressed as recognizable information such as a text and a graph to the user terminal 100.

In detail, the user interface 210 compares a plurality of user information stored in the user information storage unit 220 with user information transmitted from the currently connected user terminal 100, so that the currently connected user is a game user. Authenticate

At this time, the user interface 210 registers the information of the currently connected user to the user information storage unit 220 when the currently connected user first accesses, and requests the attention ability development game execution request to the attention ability development game provider. Transmit to 230. For reference, the attention performance measurement game execution request may include information of a predetermined measurement difficulty or user first access information. That is, when the attention capability development game providing unit 230 receives the attention capability measurement game execution request, the attention capability development game providing unit 230 executes the attention capability development game of a predetermined difficulty level for the first accessor.

Meanwhile, when the currently connected user is a previously registered user, the user interface 210 obtains game history information corresponding to the currently connected user previously stored in the user data storage 260. For reference, the game history information includes difficulty information and analysis result data of a game played by a user.

In this case, the user interface 210 transmits the acquired game history information to the user terminal 100 to request the user to select whether to play a customized game.

That is, the user interface 210 provides the user terminal 100 with analysis information of the difficulty information and the game performance result of the attention development game that the user most recently performed. In addition, the user interface 210 asks the user to select whether or not to play a game of improving attention ability of a suitable difficulty according to the analysis result data. Then, when the user interface 210 receives the corresponding game execution request from the user terminal 100 in response thereto, the user interface 210 transmits the corresponding game execution request to the attention development game providing unit 230.

The user information storage unit 220 stores information about a pre-registered game user. When a new user registration request is received from the user interface 210, the user information storage unit 220 newly registers the new user information in the storage area.

The attention development game providing unit 230 executes an attention development game that measures or enhances the user's attention ability (eg, selective attention ability). The attention development game providing unit 230 transmits game performance data including the result information of the user's execution of the attention development game to the evaluation processing unit 250.

Specifically, the attention development game providing unit 230 obtains and executes the game content corresponding to the attention development game of the selected difficulty from the game content storage unit 240. At this time, when the selected game is the game for the first accessor, the attention development game providing unit 230 may execute the attention development game of the predetermined difficulty (that is, the attention ability measurement game). For reference, the attention development game providing unit 230 may acquire the information of the difficulty selected by the user through the user interface 210 and may execute the attention development game corresponding to the acquisition difficulty.

A method of executing the attention development game content stored in the game content storage unit 240 in the attention development game providing unit 230 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 8 below.

The game content storage unit 240 stores attention development game contents that provide different game contents for each of a plurality of difficulty levels. At this time, the game content storage unit 240 extracts and provides the attention ability development game content of the difficulty requested by the attention development game provider 230.

The evaluation processing unit 250 evaluates the result of the user playing the attention development game, and analyzes the evaluation result.

At this time, the evaluation processing unit 250 obtains the game performance data for the game currently performed by the user from the attention development game providing unit 230, and the relative and absolute evaluation of the user based on the acquired game performance data Perform The evaluation processor 250 stores the analysis results of the relative and absolute evaluation, that is, the analysis result data in the user data storage 260 and transmits the analysis result data to the analysis result processor 280.

In detail, the evaluation processor 250 compares the attention capabilities of the plurality of users and the first user based on game performance data of the currently connected user (hereinafter, referred to as a “first user”). Perform a relative assessment to assess relative attention. In addition, the evaluation processor 250 performs an absolute evaluation for extracting a predetermined degree of achievement for each processing pattern based on the attention ability of the first user based on the game performance data. In addition, the evaluation processing unit 250 performs analysis on relative and absolute evaluation to generate analysis result data.

In addition, the evaluation processor 250 selects a difficulty level of the attention ability development game suitable for the attention ability of the user analyzed according to the achievement for each processing pattern. In addition, the evaluation processing unit 250 transmits the difficulty information of the selected attention development game to the evaluation result feedback processing unit 270 to be fed back to the attention development game providing unit 230.

As described above, a method for the evaluation processor 250 to perform relative and absolute evaluation based on the user's game performance data and generate analysis result data thereof will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11 below.

The user data storage 260 matches and stores game performance data and analysis result data received from the evaluation processing unit 250 with user information.

In addition, the user data storage unit 260 may be configured to access the currently connected user according to a data request of any one of the user interface 210, the evaluation processing unit 250, the evaluation result feedback processing unit 270, and the analysis result processing unit 280. At least one of pre-stored game performance data or analysis result data is extracted and provided.

The evaluation result feedback processor 270 receives the selected difficulty information from the evaluation processor 250, and transmits feedback data including the selected difficulty information and the corresponding user information to the attention development game providing unit 230. .

For reference, the attention development game providing unit 230 receiving the feedback data may display a selection screen for the user to check the information of the selected difficulty level and select whether or not to perform the execution before the attention development game. Can be provided through In addition, when the user selects to play the attention development game according to the selected difficulty, the attention development game providing unit 230 may acquire and execute the content of the game from the game content storage unit 240.

The analysis result processing unit 280 receives analysis result data of the attention development game currently executed from the evaluation processing unit 250, and displays the analysis result page expressing the analysis result data in a character or graph that can be recognized by the user. Create The analysis result processor 280 provides the generated analysis result page to the user terminal 100 through the user interface 210.

Hereinafter, a method of executing the attention development game by the attention development game providing unit 230 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 8.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of executing an attention development game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The attention development game providing unit 230 according to an embodiment of the present invention acquires the content of the attention development game corresponding to the set difficulty level, and executes the same according to the procedure as shown in FIG. 2.

At this time, before describing the game execution method of FIG. 2, the contents of the attention development game content executed by the attention development game providing unit 230 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example screen for performing an attention skill development game according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a view for explaining the difficulty classification of the attention development game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 to 7 are diagrams for explaining a game rule for each difficulty level of the attention development game according to the embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a view for explaining a user rating setting method of the attention development game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, an attention development game according to an embodiment of the present invention presents a plurality of selection targets (represented by a graphic of stars in FIG. 3) on a screen, and the user selects one of the plurality of selection targets. Scores can be obtained when selecting the objects in the proper order according to the predetermined game rules. For reference, the preset game rule is an order rule that becomes a criterion for selecting selection objects. For example, when the selection object has a numeric attribute, the predetermined game rule may be sequentially set in the order of small or large numbers. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, when selecting a selection object in ascending order, a game score may be obtained. Various criteria may be applied to the selection order rule for the selection object.

On the other hand, attention development game according to an embodiment of the present invention is classified into a plurality of difficulty, game rules of different contents can be set according to each difficulty.

Specifically, the difficulty of the attention development game according to an embodiment of the present invention can be classified as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, the difficulty may be classified into a plurality of stages for each of a plurality of levels. In FIG. 4, the difficulty is classified into six levels, and each level is classified into six stages. In addition, each stage can be classified into a plurality of sets. For reference, a plurality of sets for the same stage have the same difficulty level, so that the user may repeatedly perform the corresponding level and stage by playing a plurality of sets games of the same difficulty level per stage. That is, there is an effect that the attention ability of the user is enhanced.

On the other hand, in the attention development game according to an embodiment of the present invention, the difficulty, that is, the criteria of the game rules may be set differently for each of a plurality of levels and stages.

Specifically, the game rules are set differently for each difficulty based on at least one of a game execution time limit, a combination of selection object attributes, the number of selection objects, and the distance between the selection objects.

5 shows that the execution time limit of the attention development game is set differently according to the difficulty.

For example, in FIG. 5, six stages corresponding to one level are set to 13 seconds, 15 seconds, 16 seconds, 18 seconds, 19 seconds, and 21 seconds, respectively. In this manner, the stages of the first to sixth levels may be set to have different game performance time limits for which the user must complete the game.

6 shows that the attribute combinations of the selection targets are set differently according to the difficulty. In this case, FIG. 6 shows that the attributes of the plurality of selection objects presented for each difficulty are represented by any one of numbers, letters, and mixtures.

According to FIG. 6, selection objects having numerical attributes are presented on the screen in stages 1 and 2 of six stages corresponding to one level. In the 3rd and 4th stages, selection objects having a character attribute are presented on the screen. In addition, in the 5th and 6th stages, selection objects in which numbers and letters are mixed are presented on the screen. In this way, the respective stages of the 1 to 6 levels are presented on the screen with different objects of selection. In other words, as the stage or level increases, the attribute complexity of the presented selection objects increases.

For reference, at the stage where the selection objects of the same attribute rule are presented, the difficulty may be set by using the lowercase and uppercase attributes of alphabetic characters.

That is, in the 3rd and 4th stages, 5th and 6th stages of each level, the selection object may be presented such that the alphabetical attribute of the selection object of the upper stage (that is, the stage with higher difficulty) is different from the alphabetical attribute of the lower stage. It is also possible to present a selection object of the same alphabetical attribute in the lower stage and to present a mixture of selection objects of the different alphabetical attribute in the upper stage.

For example, if a number and an uppercase alphabetic letter are presented as selections, the user may select “1, A, 2, B, 3, C…” according to the ascending rule. … You can earn points if you select objects in the order of ”. In addition, when numbers and lowercase letters are presented as selection objects, the user selects “1, a, 2, b, 3, c, 4…” according to the ascending rule. … You can earn points if you select objects in order.

For reference, in the attention development game according to an embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the properties of numbers, letters, and mixtures, the properties of various kinds of selection objects may be set, and the selection order may be set according to the ascending and descending rules. Can be.

7 shows that the number of selection objects is set differently according to the difficulty.

For example, FIG. 7 shows that eight, nine, nine, ten, ten and eleven selection objects are presented in six stages corresponding to one level. In this manner, six stages for each level may be set to present different numbers of selection objects.

In addition, in the attention development game according to an embodiment of the present invention, the separation distance (that is, the pixel value) of the selection object may be set differently according to the difficulty. For reference, the higher the difficulty level, the wider the distance between the selected objects in the consecutive order in the order according to the game rule.

For example, in the attention development game according to an embodiment of the present invention, the appearance position of the selection object may be set using Algorithm 1 below, and the order of the selection objects that appear may be set randomly.

Algorithm 1

In Algorithm 1, starNum means the number of selection objects for each level, x [starNum] means x coordinate values as many as the number of selection objects, and y [starNum] means y coordinate values as many as the number of selection objects. Count increases with the number of iterations.

Meanwhile, in the attention development game according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of user ratings may be set.

Specifically, FIG. 8 shows that the level of the user (player) is set to one level when not completing six stages of one level, and one level is sequentially increased and set for each six stages of each level. . As such, the user rating is included in the game performance data and is matched with user information and stored.

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 2, a method of executing the attention development game by the attention development game providing unit 230 will be described.

First, the level and stage information of the attention development game to be executed as shown in Figure 2a is presented to the user (S211).

At this time, when the currently connected user has a pre-stored game execution history, the level and stage information of the corresponding game are presented. If the currently connected user is to play the attention performance measurement game, the preset level and stage information of the attention attention measurement game is presented. In addition, if the currently connected user successfully completes the previous level of the attention development game, the difficulty increases and then presents the level and stage information.

Then, the target score and the method information of the stage is presented to the user (S212).

In this case, the target score of each stage may be set to be as high as a predetermined score as the difficulty of the stage increases. In addition, the performing method information of the stage means game rule information including attribute information and selection order information of the selection target to be selected by the user.

Next, the set of the stage is presented and the game starts (S213).

At this time, each stage may be composed of a plurality of sets, the difficulty of the plurality of sets for each stage may be set the same. That is, there is an effect that the user can improve the ability of attention by repeatedly performing sets of the same difficulty.

Next, after the game is started in step S213, a target selection that matches the game performance is received (S214).

That is, information of the selection object selected by the user is input from among the plurality of selection objects presented.

In this case, it is determined whether the selection object selected by the user is the selection object in the correct order according to the preset game rule (S215).

If the user selects a suitable selection object in step S215, after providing the correct answer effect (S216), the game score and attention ability score acquisition processing is performed (S217). In this case, the game score and the attention ability score are raised by a predetermined score whenever an appropriate selection object is selected. For reference, the attention ability score may be set as a cumulative score of a game score obtained by the user for each difficulty level. In addition, the upward width of the attentional ability score may be set differently for each difficulty level, and as the difficulty level increases, the upward width may also increase.

On the other hand, when the user selects an inappropriate selection object in step S215, the game is resumed after providing an incorrect answer effect (S218), and attention attention score drop processing is performed (S219).

Next, after performing step S217 or S219, it is determined whether a predetermined game time limit has elapsed (S220).

That is, immediately after the user plays the game, it is determined whether a preset game execution limit has elapsed corresponding to the level and stage.

As a result of the determination in step S220, if the game execution time limit has not elapsed, step S214 is performed to continue the game.

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S220, when the game execution time limit elapses, it is determined whether the user has selected all the presented selection objects (S221).

Then, as a result of the determination in step S221, if the user fails to select all the selection targets, after reducing the predetermined number of game execution opportunities (for example, 'life') (S222), all sets of the corresponding stages are reduced. It is determined whether it is completed (S223).

In this case, when all the game execution opportunities are used up, after presenting a failure result for the level and stage, the game performance data may be stored and the attention development game may end.

On the other hand, when the user selects all the selection objects as a result of the determination in step S221, it is determined whether all sets of the corresponding stage have been completed (S223).

Next, if it is determined in step S223 that the user has not completed all sets, step S213 is performed to present the next set and to start the game.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S223 that the user has completed all the sets, it is determined whether the user has obtained a score higher than or equal to a predetermined target score for the set as shown in FIG. 2B (S224). For reference, the target score means at least one of a game score and an attention ability score.

In this case, when the user obtains a score less than the target score as a result of the determination in step S223, the stage result for the game failure is presented (S225).

On the other hand, when the user obtains a score equal to or greater than the target score, as a result of the determination in step S223, the stage result for the game success is presented (S226), and it is determined whether all stages have been completed (S227).

For reference, all the stages mean stages of all levels.

At this time, if all the stages are not completed in step S227, the difficulty level of the game is increased (S228), and step S211 is performed again using the increased difficulty information.

On the other hand, when all the stages are completed in step S227, after the game performance data is stored (S229), the attention development game ends. In this case, the stored game performance data is transmitted to the evaluation processor 250.

Meanwhile, FIG. 2 shows that the attention development game providing unit 230 according to the embodiment of the present invention automatically increases the difficulty of the game until all stages of the level are completed to proceed with the game. However, the attention development game providing unit 230 according to another embodiment of the present invention may receive a selection of whether to proceed to the next stage from the user after the stage is completed, that is, after performing the step (S226). have.

In addition, when the user selects all the selection targets in the state where the game time limit has not elapsed by the attention development game providing unit 230 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the procedure from step S223 may be performed. .

Hereinafter, a method of evaluating game performance results and generating analysis result data by the evaluation processor 250 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11.

9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an evaluation processing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 and 11 are diagrams for describing analysis result data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 9, the evaluation processing unit 250 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a game performance evaluation standardization module 251, a pattern classification module 252, and a game selection module 253.

The game performance evaluation standardization module 251 obtains game performance data (hereinafter referred to as 'first game performance data') for the user currently connected from the attention development game providing unit 230. At this time, the game performance data includes the results of the game played by the user, that is, performance stage information, game score information, attention ability score information, incorrect answer selection ratio information, object selection time information, game processing time information, and the like.

In addition, the game performance evaluation standardization module 251 obtains game performance data (hereinafter, referred to as 'second game performance data') of other users from the user data storage 260, and generates the first game performance data and the first data. 2 Normalize with normalized distribution based on each state's ability score included in game performance data.

That is, the game performance evaluation standardization module 251 performs relative evaluation on the game result of the currently connected user, and generates analysis result data indicating the position of the attention ability score of the currently connected user among the plurality of users. In this case, the game performance evaluation standardization module 251 stores the generated analysis result data in the user data storage 260 and transmits the analysis result data to the analysis result processor 280 to be provided in the form of a web page.

At this time, the game performance evaluation standardization module 251 generates the relative evaluation analysis result data for expressing the relative evaluation result in the form of a graph and evaluation result comment information.

For example, FIG. 10 illustrates a relative evaluation analysis result page output by the analysis result processing unit 280 using the relative evaluation analysis result data.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 10, the relative evaluation analysis result page provides a graph (P101), a attention pattern graph (P102), and a relative evaluation result comment (P103) indicating the location of the attention ability score of the currently connected user.

In order to generate such a relative evaluation analysis result page, the game performance evaluation standardization module 251 is currently connected by the standardization data and attention ability pattern (in particular, the selective attention ability pattern) that standardizes the attention ability scores of users with a normalized distribution. Analysis result data is generated including attention pattern data representing an average of attention ability scores of users and other users, and comment data indicating interpretation and solving task information on the attention ability measurement result of the currently connected user.

In this case, the game performance evaluation standardization module 251 may generate the standardized data based on an analysis result of standardizing the attention ability score of the currently connected user based on all users and the current age based on the users of the same age as the currently connected user. Analysis results of standardizing attention scores of the connected users may be generated as analysis result data. In addition, the game performance evaluation standardization module 251 may generate standardized data for comparing attention ability between a specific group (for example, a gifted group belonging to a higher grade of the same age) and the currently connected user when generating standardized data. Can be.

The pattern classification module 252 obtains game performance data of a user currently connected from the attention development game providing unit 230, classifies it into a plurality of preset processing patterns, and performs absolute evaluation. The pattern classification module 252 analyzes a result of evaluating a user's attention ability for each of the plurality of processing patterns and generates analysis result data. The pattern classification module 252 stores the generated analysis result data in the user data storage 260 and transmits the analysis result data to the analysis result processor 280 to be provided in the form of a web page.

At this time, the pattern classification module 252 generates the absolute evaluation analysis result data to express the absolute evaluation result in the form of a graph and evaluation result comment information.

For example, FIG. 11 illustrates an absolute evaluation analysis result page output by the analysis result processing unit 280 using the absolute evaluation analysis result data.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 11, the absolute evaluation analysis result page includes a graph P111 indicating a user's attention ability for each treatment pattern, a graph P112 indicating a degree of change in attention ability of the user over time for the selected treatment pattern, and an absolute evaluation result. A comment P113 is provided. For reference, FIG. 11 shows a graph P112 indicating a degree of change in attention ability of a user with respect to a game processing time in the processing pattern.

In order to generate such an absolute evaluation analysis result page, the pattern classification module 252 uses the game performance data of the currently connected user to generate the interference, movement, maintenance, game processing time ( The performance of each processing pattern classified into clear time and error rate is analyzed.

In this case, the interference pattern refers to a pattern for evaluating a user's attention ability corresponding to a stimulus generated when a property of a selection target among the criteria of a game rule set according to each difficulty is different.

The movement pattern is a pattern for evaluating the user's attention ability corresponding to the efficiency of the movement when the user selects the selection object, and may be evaluated using the object selection time information included in the game performance data. For reference, the object selection time information may be calculated as an average value based on a time when a user selects two consecutive selection objects in a selection order according to a game rule and a distance between the two consecutive selection objects, that is, a pixel value.

In addition, the attention retention pattern is a pattern for evaluating the ability of the user to maintain the attention during the game, and the object selection time of each period when divided into a plurality of periods, such as the beginning of the game, the middle, and later, by the same set or stage Evaluate based on information and percentage of incorrect choices.

In addition, the game processing time pattern is a pattern for evaluating attention ability corresponding to the time when the user processes the game, and is evaluated based on game processing time information included in the game performance data. The incorrect rate ratio pattern is a pattern for evaluating attention ability according to a success rate of selecting a suitable selection object when a user plays a game, and is evaluated based on incorrect percentage rate information included in game performance data.

On the other hand, the game performance evaluation standardization module 251 and the pattern classification module 252 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the respective comments information on the relative evaluation and the absolute evaluation results are pre-stored through stored expert opinion data and offline surveys. Can be generated based on the analyzed statistical data.

For example, the pattern classification module 252 extracts data matching the achievement of each processing pattern among the pre-stored expert opinions and statistical data, and includes an absolute evaluation analysis result including evaluation comment information according to the extracted data. You can generate data. For reference, the contents of the comment information may include information, such as a lack of attention of the user's attention ability, and a task for enhancing the lack of attention.

The game selection module 253 evaluates the user's attention level based on the result of analyzing the relative and absolute evaluations, selects a difficulty level of the attention development game suitable for the determined user's attention level, and feedbacks the evaluation result. Transfer to processing unit 270.

In this case, the game selection module 253 may be configured based on at least one of game score information, attention ability information included in the game performance data, user attention ability standardization information included in the analysis result data, and achievement information for each processing pattern. Evaluate the user's attention level.

The game selection module 253 then selects a game difficulty corresponding to the evaluated attention ability level. For reference, the attention ability grade may be classified into a plurality of grades or values, and a suitable difficulty level may be preset and stored for each grade or value.

12 is a flowchart illustrating a functional game providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, authentication and registration of the currently connected user are performed (S311).

Specifically, it compares the information of the currently connected user with the information of the pre-stored user and authenticates whether the user is a registered user. At this time, when the currently connected user accesses for the first time, user information is newly registered.

Next, the purpose and difficulty of the attention development game is selected (S312).

For reference, the purpose of the attention development game means either to measure the attention ability for the first accessor or to improve the attention ability for the subscriber. In this case, the first access user selects a game for measuring attention ability of a predetermined difficulty level. In addition, in the case of a pre-subscribed user, the user may select a difficulty level that is the same as that of the attention development game that the user recently executed by using a difficulty level selected by the user or previously stored user data for the user.

Next, the selected attention ability development game is executed (S313).

At this time, the attention development game according to an embodiment of the present invention presents a plurality of selection objects having a predetermined attribute to the user, and whether the user selects a suitable selection of the plurality of selection objects in accordance with a predetermined game rule Evaluate the user's attention skills by determining whether or not. For reference, at least different game rules may be applied to the difficulty development game to be executed for each difficulty level.

Then, the game performance result data is stored and analyzed (S314).

Specifically, game performance data is generated and stored as a result of executing the attention development game, and the attention performance of the corresponding user is evaluated using the game performance data. At this time, the relative and absolute evaluation using the game performance data of the user is performed, and the attention ability level of the user is evaluated according to the result of analyzing the relative and absolute evaluation results.

By using the analysis result, the attention ability development game suitable for the evaluated attention ability of the user is selected (S315).

That is, the attention development game of difficulty level matching the user's attention level is selected among preset game difficulty levels. In this case, the user may be able to enhance the attention ability of the user by repeatedly performing the game of the same difficulty until the user succeeds in the target value of the attention development game of the specific difficulty.

Next, the analysis result data according to the game performance result is output as information in a form that can be recognized by the user, and information for feeding back the information of the selected attention ability development game is output (S316).

Then, it is determined whether the user has selected to execute the selected attention ability development game (S317).

In this case, when the user selects to execute the selected attention skill development game, step S313 is performed to play the attention skill development game of the selected difficulty.

On the other hand, if the user does not select the execution of the selected attention ability development game, the user data of evaluating and analyzing the attention ability of the user is stored (S318), and the attention development game ends.

On the other hand, in the functional game providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, at the time of running the attention development game, the user can automatically run the game of a plurality of stages for each level until the user successfully performs the difficulty of the attention development game have.

Embodiments of the invention may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium containing instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module executed by the computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, computer readable media may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transmission mechanism, and includes any information delivery media.

Although the apparatus and method of the present invention have been described in connection with specific embodiments, some or all of their components or operations may be implemented using a computer system having a general purpose hardware architecture.

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended for illustration, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the above description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

210: user interface 220: user information storage unit
230: attention ability development game provider 240: game content storage unit
250: evaluation processing unit 260: user data storage unit
270: evaluation result feedback processing unit 280: analysis result processing unit

Claims (21)

An apparatus for providing a functional game for measuring and improving attention ability,
When a plurality of objects to which different game rule criteria are applied according to the set difficulty is displayed on the screen of the user terminal, and the user selects the objects in a predetermined order by a predetermined game rule among the plurality of objects through the user terminal. An attention capability development game providing unit configured to execute an attention capability development game for obtaining and processing a game score, and to generate game performance data according to a result of the user performing the attention capability development game;
An evaluation processor for evaluating and analyzing the user's attention ability according to the game performance data and generating analysis result data based on the results of the evaluation and analysis; And
An analysis result processing unit for generating the analysis result data in the form of information on at least one of numerical statistics and analysis comments to provide to the user terminal,
The game rule criteria,
At least one criterion of an object property, an object number, and a display distance between objects is differently applied according to the difficulty level,
The plurality of objects,
Functional game providing device having at least one of a numeric attribute and a character attribute.
The method of claim 1,
The evaluation processing unit,
And setting a difficulty level of the attention development game based on at least one of the analysis result data and the game performance data corresponding to the user.
The method of claim 1,
And a user data storage unit configured to store the game performance data and the analysis result data of the attention skill development game performed by the user in correspondence with the user information of the user.
delete The method of claim 1,
The complexity of the object attribute applied to the plurality of objects increases as the difficulty increases.
The method of claim 1,
The attention ability development game providing unit,
Functional game providing apparatus for increasing the number of the plurality of objects displayed on the screen as the difficulty increases.

The method of claim 1,
The attention ability development game providing unit,
And displaying the screen on the screen such that the display distance between objects in a sequential order becomes wider as the difficulty increases.
The method of claim 1,
The attention ability development game providing unit,
Functional game providing apparatus for applying at least one of the game evaluation criteria of the different target score and time limit for each difficulty.
delete The method of claim 1,
The game performance data,
And at least one of applied difficulty information, game performance time information, game score information, attention ability score information, incorrect answer selection ratio information, and object selection time information of the executed attention ability development game.
The method of claim 1,
The evaluation processing unit,
Functional game providing apparatus for calculating the position of the attention ability of the user of the plurality of users using the game performance data to perform relative evaluation and analysis.
The method of claim 1,
The evaluation processing unit,
And performing absolute evaluation and analysis classified into a plurality of predetermined processing patterns with respect to the user's attention ability by using the game performance data.
The method of claim 12,
The evaluation processing unit,
And performing the absolute evaluation and analysis based on the processing pattern of at least one of interference response ability, movement ability, attention retention ability, game processing ability, and correct answer selection ability.
In the method for providing a functional game for measuring and improving attention ability through a functional game providing device,
Setting a difficulty level of the attention development game to be executed based on user data including at least one of access history information, game performance data, and analysis result data of a user connected through the user terminal;
Executing the attention development game according to the set difficulty level through the user terminal and generating game performance data according to the execution of the attention development game;
Evaluating and analyzing the user's attention ability based on the generated game performance data;
Generating analysis result data based on the result information of the evaluation and analysis; And
Generating the analysis result data in the form of at least one of numerical statistics and analysis comments and providing the same to the user terminal,
Attention ability development game,
A game score is displayed when a plurality of objects to which the game rule criteria according to the set difficulty are applied are displayed on the screen of the user terminal, and the user selects the objects according to a preset order by a predetermined game rule through the user terminal. To acquire and process
The game rule criteria,
At least one criterion of an object property, an object number, and a display distance between objects is differently applied according to the difficulty level,
The plurality of objects,
And at least one of a number attribute and a character attribute.
The method of claim 14,
The execution of the attention development game,
Displaying the plurality of objects on the screen according to a game rule criterion of the set difficulty level;
Performing game score acquisition processing when the user selects at least one object from among the displayed plurality of objects according to the preset order;
Determining whether the user succeeds or fails on the set difficulty level based on the user's game execution time and the acquired game score; And
And generating and storing game performance data including the success or failure information.
The method according to claim 14 or 15,
After generating the analysis result data,
Selecting a difficulty level of the attention development game based on at least one of the game performance data and the analysis result data; And
And storing at least one of the selected difficulty information, the game performance data, and the analysis result data to be included in the user data by matching the information of the user.
17. The method of claim 16,
In the step of setting the difficulty of the attention ability development game to be executed,
Determining whether the user has access history according to the access history information of the user; And
When the user first accesses, the predetermined difficulty level for measuring the attention ability is set as the difficulty level of the attention development game to be executed, and if the user has a connection history, the selected difficulty level included in the pre-stored user data for the user. And setting a difficulty level of the attention development game to be executed based on the information.
delete The method of claim 14,
In the step of executing the attention development game,
The complexity of the object attribute applied to the plurality of objects increases as the difficulty increases.
The method of claim 14,
The game performance data,
A functional game providing method comprising at least one of applied difficulty information, game performance time information, game score information, attention ability score information, incorrect answer selection ratio information, and object selection time information.
The method of claim 14,
The evaluating and analyzing step,
Performing relative evaluation and analysis using the game performance data to calculate a location of the user's attention ability among a plurality of users; And
At least one of performing absolute evaluation and analysis based on at least one processing pattern of interference response ability, movement ability, attention retention ability, game processing ability, and correct answer selection ability using the game performance data; How to provide a functional game.

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