WO2006062055A1 - Système de traitement d’informations, dispositif et programme de sortie d’informations - Google Patents

Système de traitement d’informations, dispositif et programme de sortie d’informations Download PDF

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WO2006062055A1
WO2006062055A1 PCT/JP2005/022287 JP2005022287W WO2006062055A1 WO 2006062055 A1 WO2006062055 A1 WO 2006062055A1 JP 2005022287 W JP2005022287 W JP 2005022287W WO 2006062055 A1 WO2006062055 A1 WO 2006062055A1
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Masaru Wada
Eiji Nonomiya
Yasuhiro Mitsutake
Susumu Ota
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Wao Corporation
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    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
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    • G06F3/0354—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
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  • the present invention relates to an information processing system or the like that supports education using an electronic pen.
  • Non-Patent Document 1 As a first conventional technique, there is a system that supports education using an electronic pen (see Non-Patent Document 1), and there is an information processing system that practice characters and the like.
  • This system includes an ink pen unit, a stroke data acquisition unit that acquires stroke data related to the writing order when a kanji character is written on a kanji practice sheet when the learner enters kanji on the kanji practice sheet, and An electronic pen including at least a transmission unit for transmitting the stroke data by wireless communication, receiving means for receiving the stroke data transmitted from the electronic pen, and writing order data relating to the correct writing order of each kanji.
  • the stroke order data received from the electronic pen is compared with the stroke order data recorded in the stroke order record database.
  • a kanji stroke order learning system characterized by comprising: a determination means for determining whether or not there is a certain force. See Permissible Literature 1).
  • Patent Document 1 JP-A-2004-45844 (first page, Fig. 1 etc.)
  • Non-Patent Document 1 Anoto Nippon Co., Ltd. website, Internet ⁇ URL: http: ZZ www. Anoto.jpz tsuite.htm
  • the first prior art has the purpose of acquiring the kanji writing order correctly, while watching the educational content of the video (including the video stream to be broadcast).
  • the education system that uses electronic pens was not considered.
  • An information processing system of the first invention is an information processing system including a first medium, an electronic pen, an information output device, and a transmission device, wherein the first medium is the information output device.
  • the electronic pen has one or more related information areas that are areas for specifying related information that is information related to the content to be output, and the electronic pen acquires an information acquisition unit that acquires information described in the first medium;
  • a transmission unit configured to transmit information acquired by the information acquisition unit to the information output device, wherein the information output device receives content from the transmission device; and information received from the electronic pen.
  • Equipment is an information processing system comprising a content storage unit that stores content and configuration Ten' transmitter that transmits the content.
  • the information processing system according to the second aspect of the present invention is different from the first aspect in that a term related to the content is located in or near the area for designating the related information of the first medium.
  • the related information acquisition unit is configured such that the pen information receiving unit is When the information described in the above is received, the related information storage unit power immediately acquires related information, and the information output unit immediately acquires related information when the related information acquisition unit acquires the related information. Is an information processing system that outputs related information.
  • An information processing system is an information processing system comprising a first medium, a second medium, an electronic pen, an information output device, and a transmission device.
  • the medium has one or more related information areas for specifying related information that is information related to content output by the information output device, and the second medium is information indicating that the student is attending education.
  • Attendance area which is an area for describing the contents, a selection area which is an area for describing a selection instruction which is information for selecting content to be output to the information output device, and a first answer which is an area for describing the first answer
  • a second answer area that is an area for describing a second answer
  • the electronic pen includes an information acquisition unit that acquires information described in the first medium or the second medium, and the information The information acquired by the acquisition unit
  • the information output device includes a content acquisition unit that receives educational content that is content related to education from the transmission device; and a pen information reception unit that receives information from the electronic device Based on the information described in the first medium in the information received by the pen information receiving unit, the related information acquiring unit for acquiring related information, and the information received by the pen information receiving unit
  • a pen information transmission unit that transmits at least a part of the information to the transmission device, a class attendance information reception unit that receives attendance information that is information related to attendance from the transmission device, and the electronic pen.
  • the other person who receives the other person's first answer information from the transmitting device which is information described in the first answer area and is information related to information described by a third party who is not the user of the electronic pen
  • a first answer information that is information related to the information written by the user of the electronic pen, the information written in the first answer area using the electronic pen
  • Information about the information written by the user of the electronic pen or Z and a third party which is the information written in the second answer area using the electronic pen
  • the educational content or the Z and others One answer information or Z and An information output unit that outputs self-first answer information or z and self-other second answer information and outputs related information acquired by the related information acquisition unit; and the transmission device stores educational content.
  • An educational content storage unit An educational content storage unit, an educational content transmission unit that transmits the educational content, and an attendance information reception unit that receives information described in the attendance area using the electronic pen from the information output device
  • An attendance information reception unit that receives information described in the attendance area using the electronic pen from the information output device
  • a first answer information receiving unit that receives information described in the first answer area using the electronic pen from the information output device, and the electronic pen using the electronic pen from the information output device.
  • a second answer information receiving unit that receives information described in the second answer area, and an attendance information configuration that constitutes attendance information based on the information described in the attendance area received from one or more information output devices
  • Part A first answer information component that constitutes another person's first answer information or Z and self-first answer information based on the information described in the first answer area received from one or more information output devices; Based on the information described in the second answer area received from the above information output device !, the self-other second answer information constituting part constituting the self-other second answer information, and the attendance information constituting part
  • An attendance information transmitter configured to transmit the attendance information configured by the first information output device and a first answer information transmitted by the first answer information component configured by the other person first answer information or Z and the self first answer information.
  • An information processing system comprising: an answer information transmitting unit; and an own / other second answer information transmitting unit configured to transmit the own / other second answer information configured by the own / other second answer information configuring unit.
  • An effective education system can be provided by a powerful configuration. Specifically, students can write notes with an electronic pen while viewing educational content, and can check others or z and their notes on the screen. In addition, students can immediately know the test scores. Furthermore, students can easily learn related information (for example, meanings of undivided terms) related to the content while viewing the content such as educational content. This function significantly improves the educational effect when the content is educational content.
  • the related information acquisition unit is configured such that the pen information reception unit is described in the first medium from the electronic pen.
  • the related information is immediately acquired, and the information output unit An information processing system that immediately outputs related information when the information acquisition unit acquires related information.
  • This powerful configuration allows the user to immediately know the meaning of a term that has no power while viewing the content, greatly improving the educational effect.
  • the information processing system of the sixth invention is an information processing system comprising a first medium, an electronic pen, a relay device, a program receiving device, and a transmitting device, wherein the first medium is A program received and output by a program receiving apparatus, which has a program column in which program information that is the last information is written, a channel number column in which channel numbers are written, and a time column in which time information is written
  • the electronic pen includes an information acquisition unit that acquires information described in the first medium, and a transmission unit that transmits the information acquired by the information acquisition unit to the relay device.
  • the relay device is a conventional information receiving unit that receives information written in the first medium from the electronic pen, the written information, and a command to the program receiving device 1 Correspondence with the above command signals
  • a conversion information storage unit that stores at least one piece of conversion information, and a command signal acquisition unit that acquires one or more command signals corresponding to the information received by the written information reception unit from the one or more conversion information
  • a command signal transmission unit that transmits one or more command signals acquired by the command signal acquisition unit to the program reception device, and the program reception device includes a content reception unit that receives the transmission device program.
  • An information output unit for outputting a program received by the content receiving unit, a command signal receiving unit for receiving one or more command signals from the relay device, and an operation according to the one or more command signals received by the command signal receiving unit
  • the transmission device is an information processing system including a program storage unit that stores a program and a program transmission unit that transmits the program.
  • the information processing system provides a recording instruction in which each program column constituting the program table described in the first medium is a column for instructing recording in the sixth invention.
  • the conversion information storage unit of the relay device includes information written with the electronic pen for the recording instruction column and a recording reservation command for the program receiving device.
  • One or more command signals that are reserved to record programs in the program column corresponding to It is the information processing system which stores the conversion information which shows a response
  • the information processing system is the information processing system according to the eighth aspect, wherein the conversion information storage unit of the relay device includes the information described with the electronic pen for the program column and the program described above. It is an information processing system that stores conversion information indicating correspondence with one or more command signals that are commands for recording reservation to a receiving device and commands to reserve recording of programs in the program column.
  • the information processing system according to the ninth aspect of the invention is the information processing system according to the sixth aspect, wherein the conversion information storage unit of the relay device includes information written with an electronic pen for the channel number field.
  • An information processing system that stores conversion information indicating correspondence with one or more command signals that are channel change commands to the program receiving device.
  • the channel can be changed by checking the channel number column of the program guide on the medium with an electronic pen.
  • the information processing system of the tenth invention is an information processing system comprising a first medium, an electronic pen, a relay device, a program receiving device, and a transmitting device, wherein the first medium is A button design of at least a part of a remote control for operating the program receiving device is described, and the electronic pen acquires an information acquisition unit that acquires information described for the button design, and the information acquisition unit acquires A relay unit configured to transmit information to the relay device, wherein the relay device receives the information described in the first medium from the electronic pen; the described information; Corresponding to the information received by the written information receiving unit and the conversion information storing unit that stores one or more conversion information indicating correspondence with one or more command signals that are the previous information, according to the command to the program receiving device 1 or more lives A command signal acquiring unit for acquiring a command signal; and a command signal transmitting unit for transmitting one or more command signals acquired by the command signal acquiring unit to the program receiving device, wherein the program receiving device transmits the transmission signal A content receiver for receiving a program from
  • the information processing system according to the eleventh aspect of the present invention is the information processing system according to the eleventh aspect, wherein the button design is a power on or Z and off button design, and the operating unit is the program set.
  • the power can be turned on or off by checking the power button column of the program guide on the medium with an electronic pen.
  • the information processing system according to the twelfth aspect of the present invention is the information processing system according to the twelfth aspect, wherein the button design is a volume up / down button design, and the operation unit is the program receiving device. It is an information processing system that raises or lowers the sound volume.
  • the volume can be increased or decreased by checking the volume button field of the program guide on the medium using an electronic pen.
  • the first medium describes information relating to one or more manufacturers of the program receiving device.
  • a manufacturer column is further described.
  • the conversion information storage unit stores conversion information having a different command signal for each manufacturer identifier for identifying the manufacturer, and the description information receiving unit receives the conversion information.
  • a manufacturer identifier storage unit that stores a manufacturer identifier that is information about a manufacturer corresponding to the manufacturer column when the information is the information described with the electronic pen for the manufacturer column.
  • the command signal acquisition unit corresponds to the information received by the written information reception unit and corresponds to the manufacturer identifier stored by the manufacturer identifier storage unit 1 This is an information processing system for acquiring the above instruction signal.
  • the information processing system includes a first medium, an electronic pen, and program reception.
  • An information processing system comprising an apparatus and a transmission apparatus, wherein the first medium has a program column and a channel number in which program information that is information about a program received and output by the program reception apparatus is described.
  • a program table having a channel number column and a time column in which time information is described is described, and the electronic pen includes an information acquisition unit that acquires information described in the first medium, A conversion information storage unit storing one or more conversion information indicating correspondence between the described information and one or more command signals that are information about commands to the program receiving device; and the information acquisition unit A command signal acquisition unit that acquires one or more command signals corresponding to the acquired information from the one or more conversion information, and one or more command signals acquired by the command signal acquisition unit are transmitted to the program receiving device Command signal transmission
  • the program receiving device includes a content receiving unit that receives the program from the transmitting device, an information output unit that outputs the program received by the content receiving unit, and one or more instruction signals from the electronic pen.
  • a command signal receiving unit, and an operation unit that operates in accordance with one or more command signals received by the command signal receiving unit, and the transmitting device stores a program!
  • An information processing system comprising a program transmission unit for transmitting the program.
  • the program receiver can be controlled using an electronic pen.
  • the information processing system of the fifteenth aspect of the invention is an information processing system comprising a first medium, an electronic pen, a program receiving device, and a transmitting device, wherein the first medium is the program receiving device.
  • a button design of at least a part of a remote controller for operating the device is described, and the electronic pen includes an information acquisition unit that acquires information described for the button design, the described information, Stores one or more conversion information indicating correspondence with one or more command signals, which are information about commands to the program receiving device, and corresponds to the information acquired by the conversion information storage unit and the information acquisition unit 1
  • a command signal acquisition unit that acquires the command signal, and a command signal transmission unit that transmits one or more command signals acquired by the command signal acquisition unit to the program reception device; Number from the transmitter
  • a content receiving unit that receives the program an information output unit that outputs a program received by the content receiving unit, a command signal receiving unit that receives one or more command signals from the electronic pen, and the command signal receiving unit Has an operating unit that operates according to one or
  • the program receiver can be controlled using an electronic pen.
  • the information processing system of the sixteenth aspect of the invention is an information processing system comprising a first medium, an electronic pen, a program receiving device, and a transmitting device, wherein the first medium is the program receiving device.
  • a program table having a program column that contains program information that is information about a program that the device receives and outputs, a channel number column that contains a channel number, and a time column that contains time information is described.
  • the electronic pen includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires information described in the first medium; and a transmission unit that transmits the information acquired by the information acquisition unit to the program reception device.
  • News A conversion information storage unit that stores one or more conversion information indicating correspondence between the communication unit, the described information, and one or more command signals that are information about commands to the program receiving device;
  • a command signal acquisition unit that acquires one or more command signals corresponding to information received by the information reception unit from the one or more conversion information, and an operation that operates according to the one or more command signals acquired by the command signal acquisition unit.
  • the transmission device is an information processing system including a program storage unit that stores a program and stores the program, and a program transmission unit that transmits the program.
  • the program receiver can be controlled using an electronic pen.
  • the information processing system of the seventeenth invention is an information processing system comprising a first medium, an electronic pen, a program receiving device, and a transmitting device, wherein the first medium is the program receiving device.
  • a button design of at least a part of a remote controller for operating the device is described, and the electronic pen includes an information acquisition unit that acquires information described for the button design, and information acquired by the information acquisition unit
  • the program receiving device includes a content receiving unit that receives a program from the transmitting device, an information output unit that outputs a program received by the content receiving unit, and A description information receiving unit that receives information described in the first medium from an electronic pen; the described information; and In response to a command to the program receiving device, one or more conversion information indicating correspondence with one or more command signals as previous information is stored, and the conversion information storage unit and the information received by the written information receiving unit
  • a command signal acquisition unit that acquires one or more corresponding command signals, and an operation unit that operates according to the one or more command signals acquired by the command signal acquisition unit, where
  • the program receiver can be controlled using an electronic pen.
  • the information processing system of the present invention when viewing content, it is possible to easily acquire information related to the content being viewed using an electronic vendor.
  • FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an information processing system in the present embodiment.
  • the information processing system includes a first medium 11, an electronic pen 12, an information output device 13, and a transmission device 14.
  • the first medium 11 has at least one related information area 1101 that is an area for designating related information that is information related to content output by the information output device 13.
  • the content is educational content that is content related to education, but other content such as entertainment and sports programs may be used.
  • this information processing system may be used when viewing content such as only a powerful still image or only audio when viewing moving image content.
  • the first medium 11 is, for example, a note (herein referred to as a “word dictionary note”) in which terms related to content are collected.
  • the educational content is preferably a moving image stream including audio, but may be a moving image content including audio, a moving image not including audio, a set of still images, or the like.
  • the information output device 13 is a personal computer, a television, a portable terminal, or the like used by a user to view content.
  • the transmission device 14 is a device that transmits content.
  • the transmission device 14 is, for example, a broadcasting device of a broadcasting station or a server device that distributes content.
  • a user who uses the information processing system usually views content having moving images and sound, but if there is a term or the like that has no power regarding the content, the electronic medium 12 is used for the first medium 11. Click the related information area 1101. Then, related information (for example, explanation of terms) is displayed on the information output device 13 by the operation described below.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the information processing system in the present embodiment.
  • the information processing system includes a first medium 11, an electronic pen 12, an information output device 13, and a transmission device 14.
  • the first medium 11 is omitted.
  • the first medium 11 has one or more related information areas 1101.
  • the first medium 11 is, for example, a medium on which a special dot pattern is printed.
  • the first medium 11 usually comes out of paper, but can be written with a digital pen.
  • any material such as plastic may be used.
  • the electronic pen 12 includes an information acquisition unit 1201 and a transmission unit 1202.
  • the information output device 13 includes a content acquisition unit 1301, a related information storage unit 1302, a pen information reception unit 1303, a related information acquisition unit 1304, and an information output unit 1305.
  • the transmission device 14 includes a content storage unit 1401 and a content transmission unit 1402.
  • the related information area 1101 is an area for designating related information that is information related to the content output by the information output device 13. For example, terms related to content are described in the related information area 1101 or in the vicinity of the related information area 1101. For example, terms appearing in the content are written directly beside the related information area 1101. In such a case, for example, the related information is information indicating an explanation or translation of the term. However, the related information is not limited to term explanation or translation, but may be information related to the content, such as information explaining a part of the content in more detail.
  • the information acquisition unit 1201 acquires information described in the first medium 11.
  • the information includes one or more pieces of coordinate information (hereinafter referred to as “position information” as appropriate) that is information for specifying a relative position in the first medium 11.
  • position information information for specifying a relative position in the first medium 11.
  • a method by which the information acquisition unit 1201 acquires coordinate information will be described.
  • a method for acquiring coordinate information for example, there are the following methods.
  • the special dot pattern shown in FIG. 3 is printed on the first medium 11, the information acquisition unit 1201 can be realized by a coordinate detection technique using a special dot pattern.
  • the configuration is as shown in Fig. 3.
  • the configuration in FIG. 3 includes a CCD camera 301 and a processor 302 that performs pattern recognition and analysis.
  • the special dot pattern shows the dots along a 0.3 mm pitch grid, and the dot arrangement is divided into four patterns, RightZLeftZUpZDown, to be coded. Then, a special dot pattern is photographed from a CCD camera at 60 frames Z seconds and input. Then, by analyzing the photographed image information, it is possible to detect the movement of the CCD camera as the input device (that is, a change in the dot pattern to be photographed). By detecting the movement of the CCD camera, relative coordinate information in a static object can be acquired. As another means of the information acquisition unit 1201, the following can be considered. A bar code indicating coordinate information is printed on the surface of the first medium 11, and the information acquisition unit 1201 is realized by a bar code reader that reads the bar code and obtains the coordinate information.
  • the transmission unit 1202 transmits the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1201 to the information output device 13. Note that the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1201 and the information transmitted by the transmission unit 1202 do not have to match.
  • the transmission unit 1202 may transmit information processed based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1201. Also in the case where the information is transmitted, the transmission unit 1202 transmits the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1201 to the information output device 13. Further, the transmission unit 1202 adds a student ID stored in advance (information identifying the student and information identifying the electronic pen 12), and transmits the information to the information output device 13. To do.
  • the transmission unit 1202 is usually realized by short-range wireless communication means such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), but can also be realized by other wireless means, wired communication means, or broadcasting means.
  • the content acquisition unit 1301 receives content from the transmission device 14.
  • the content usually includes moving images and audio, but may be information such as still images.
  • the content is, for example, educational content used for some education.
  • the content acquisition unit 1301 is realized by a broadcasting unit or a wireless or wired communication unit. Note that the content acquisition unit 1301 may read the recording medium power (not shown). In such a case, the transmitting device 14 does not receive educational content. That is, the content acquisition unit 1301 Get content.
  • “acquisition” means reception or reading of the recording medium.
  • the related information storage unit 1302 stores one or more related information that is information related to the content.
  • the related information storage unit 1302 has, for example, one or more pairs of coordinate information and related information.
  • This coordinate information is coordinate information corresponding to the related information area 1101 on the first medium 11, and has, for example, upper left coordinates (xl, yl) and lower right coordinates (x2, y2) of the related information area 1101.
  • the related information storage unit 1302 is preferably a nonvolatile recording medium such as a hard disk, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.
  • the related information in the related information storage unit 1302 may be information that also receives the power of an external device (a device that stores the related information and includes the DB).
  • the information output device 13 may receive the relevant information as well as the external device power.
  • the related information may be information transmitted from the transmission device 14 together with the content. In such a case, the related information is transmitted from the transmission device 14 in association with the content. For example, the content and related information are superimposed and transmitted from the transmission device 14.
  • the pen information receiving unit 1303 receives information from the electronic pen 12. Such information is, for example, information on a trajectory moved on the first medium 11 of the electronic pen.
  • the trajectory information is a set of coordinate information.
  • the pen information receiving unit 1303 is usually realized by short-range wireless communication means such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), but can also be realized by other wireless means, wired communication means, or broadcast receiving means.
  • the related information acquisition unit 1304 acquires related information from the related information storage unit 1302 based on the information received by the pen information reception unit 1303.
  • the related information acquiring unit 1304 immediately transmits the related information storage unit 1302 or the external device power related information. It is preferable to acquire.
  • the related information acquisition unit 1304 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like.
  • the processing procedure of the related information acquisition unit 1304 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).
  • the information output unit 1305 includes the content received by the content acquisition unit 1301 and related information.
  • the related information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1304 is output.
  • Output is a concept that includes display on a display, printing on a printer, sound output, transmission to an external device, storage on a recording medium, and the like.
  • the information output unit 1305 may output contents and related information at the same time, or may switch and output them. However, it is preferable that the information output unit 1305 outputs the content and the related information at the same time and displays the related information on the lower right of the screen, for example, so as not to disturb the viewing of the content.
  • the information output unit 1305 When the information output unit 1305 outputs the related information, it is preferable that the display of the related information is automatically stopped (undisplayed) after a predetermined time has elapsed.
  • the predetermined time may be different for each related information, or may be the same for all related information.
  • the related information storage unit 1302 holds the display time as a pair with the related information.
  • the information output unit 1305 may determine the display time according to the data amount of the related information.
  • the content storage unit 1401 stores content.
  • the content storage unit 1401 is preferably a nonvolatile recording medium such as a hard disk, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.
  • the content transmission unit 1402 transmits the content stored in the content storage unit 1401.
  • the content transmission timing may be in accordance with a user instruction or according to a predetermined schedule (schedule based on a program guide).
  • Content transmission is usually multicast, but it may be on-demand.
  • Content transmission includes broadcasting (including terrestrial analog broadcasting, terrestrial digital broadcasting, satellite broadcasting, CATV broadcasting, etc.), distribution using communication networks such as the Internet, and distribution using other dedicated lines. Anything is fine. That is, the transmission means does not matter.
  • the content transmission unit 1402 can be realized by wireless or wired communication means or broadcast means.
  • the information acquisition unit 1201 acquires coordinate information one after another, and the transmission unit 1202 transmits the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1201 to the information output device 13.
  • the coordinate information acquired by the information acquisition unit 1201 is information indicating the locus of movement of the electronic pen 12 on the first medium 11.
  • the information acquisition unit 1201 stores a plurality of acquired coordinate information and sends them.
  • the communication unit 1202 may transmit a plurality of stored coordinate information to the information output device 13 at a time.
  • Step S401 The content acquisition unit 1301 determines whether or not the transmission device 14 has also received the content. If the content is received, the process goes to step S402. If the content is not received, the process returns to step S401.
  • Step S402 The information output unit 1305 outputs the content received in step S401.
  • Step S 403 The pen information receiving unit 1303 determines whether or not the information has been received from the electronic pen 12. If information is received from the electronic pen 12, the process goes to step S404, and if no information is received from the electronic pen 12, the process returns to step S401.
  • Step S 404 The related information acquisition unit 1304 acquires the related information from the related information storage unit 1302 based on the information received in step S 403.
  • An example of an algorithm for acquiring related information will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
  • Step S405 The information output unit 1305 outputs the related information acquired in step S404. Return to step S401.
  • Step S 501 The related information acquisition unit 1304 substitutes 1 for the counter i.
  • Step S502 The related information acquisition unit 1304 determines whether or not the i-th related information exists in the related information storage unit 1302. If the i-th related information exists, the process goes to step S503. If the i-th related information does not exist, the process returns to the upper function.
  • Step S503 The related information acquisition unit 1304 displays coordinate information corresponding to the i-th related information.
  • ((xl, yl), (x2, y2)) is acquired from the related information storage unit 1302.
  • the related information storage unit 1302 has one or more pairs of coordinate information and related information.
  • (xl, yl) is the upper left coordinate value of the related information area 1101 that is a rectangle
  • (x2, y2) is a rectangle. This is the lower right coordinate value of the continuous information area 1101.
  • the related information acquisition unit 1304 acquires information on a predetermined point (coordinate (X, y)) in the information received by the pen information reception unit 1303.
  • the information received by the pen information receiving unit 1303 is a coordinate information group having a plurality of coordinate information.
  • the predetermined point may be a center point (for example, the 25th point) in a coordinate information group (for example, when 50 coordinate information items are present).
  • the related information acquisition unit 1304 also includes Xmin (minimum value of X coordinates among all points), Xmax (maximum value of X coordinates among all points), Y min (all values of all points in the coordinate information group).
  • Step S505 The related information acquisition unit 1304 includes the coordinates (X, y) of the predetermined point acquired in Step S504 in the related information area 1101 ((xl, yl), (x2, y2)) Judge whether or not If the predetermined point is included in the related information area, the process goes to step S506. If the predetermined point is not included in the related information area, the step jumps to S507.
  • Step S506 The related information acquisition unit 1304 acquires the i-th related information from the related information storage unit 1302. Return to upper function.
  • Step S507 The related information acquisition unit 1304 increments the counter i by 1. Return to step S502.
  • the content transmission unit 1402 of the transmission device 14 acquires the content from the content storage unit 1401 and distributes it when it is time to transmit the content.
  • the content transmission unit 1402 delivers, for example, a stream.
  • FIG. 1 A conceptual diagram of the information processing system is shown in FIG.
  • the content distributed from the transmission device 14 is educational content related to management.
  • FIG. 6 is an example of the first medium 11.
  • the first medium 11 is a word dictionary note that contains terms that are explained using educational contents related to management. User is about management While viewing educational content, for example, if there is a term that has no power, the related information area 1101 corresponding to the term is clicked with the electronic pen 12. Then, related information (meaning of the term) corresponding to the checked term is displayed on the information output device 13. The operation of the information processing system for enjoying the above services will be specifically described below.
  • FIG. 7 is a related information management table of the related information storage unit 1302.
  • the related information management table manages one or more records having “ID”, “coordinate information”, and “related information”.
  • ID is information that identifies a record and exists for record management in the table.
  • the “coordinate information” is coordinate information for specifying the related information area 1101 checked with the electronic pen 12.
  • Coordinat information has upper left coordinates and lower right coordinates of the related information area 1101.
  • “Related information” contains explanations of terms that appear in educational content. In the first medium 11, the term corresponding to the related information is printed on the left side of the related information area 1101.
  • the information output apparatus 13 receives and outputs the content in accordance with a user instruction by means not shown (see FIG. 8).
  • the electronic pen 12 acquires a coordinate information group indicating a locus through which the electronic pen 12 has passed. Then, the electronic pen 12 reads the electronic pen identifier (which is the same as the student ID described above) held by means not shown. This electronic pen identifier is information for identifying the electronic pen. Next, the electronic pen 12 configures information as shown in FIG. 10 based on the electronic pen identifier and the coordinate information group indicating the trajectory through which the electronic pen 12 has passed. Then, the electronic pen 12 transmits the information in FIG. 10 to the information output device 13.
  • the trigger for the electronic pen 12 to transmit the information shown in FIG. 10 is usually based on a user instruction, but the electronic pen 12 may detect the completion of the check and transmit the information.
  • the user's instruction is, for example, when a button (not shown) on the electronic pen 12 is pressed.
  • the electronic pen identifier does not necessarily exist.
  • the information output device 13 acquires the information of FIG. 10 from the electronic pen 12 while outputting the content.
  • the related information acquisition unit 1304 of the information output device 13 reads the first coordinate information “(100, 50), (130, 70)” from the related information storage unit 1302.
  • the related information acquisition unit 1 304 extracts Xmin (minimum value of X coordinates among all points), Xmax (maximum value of X coordinates among all points), Ymin (all points) from the coordinate information group of FIG. And Ymax (maximum value of Y coordinates among all points).
  • the related information acquisition unit 1304 calculates ((Xmin + Xmax) / 2, (Ymin + Ymax) Z2) to obtain (116, 80). Then, the related information acquisition unit 1304 determines whether or not the point (116, 80) is included in the related information area indicated by the first coordinate information “(100, 50), (130, 70)”. To do. Here, since the point (116, 80) is not included in the related information area indicated by the first coordinate information “(100, 50), (130, 70)”, the related information acquisition unit 1304 The second coordinate information “(100, 70), (130, 90)” is read.
  • the related information acquisition unit 1304 determines whether the point (116, 80) is included in the related information area indicated by the second coordinate information “(100, 70), (13 0, 90)”. To do.
  • the related information acquisition unit 1304 The information “What is ISO14000: ....” is acquired from the related information storage unit 1302.
  • the information output unit 1305 outputs the second related information “What is IS01 4000: ....”.
  • Figure 11 shows an example of related information output. In Fig. 11, the related information overlaps the content and is output in a small size. Needless to say, the output mode of the related information is not limited to FIG.
  • a user can easily view related information (for example, meanings of undivided terms) related to the content while viewing the content such as educational content. I can know. This feature greatly improves the educational effect when the content is educational content.
  • the content is mainly educational content. Needless to say, it is not limited to educational content. This also applies to other embodiments.
  • the first medium in the specific example of the present embodiment is a word dictionary note, and the related information may be power or other information that is semantic information of terms appearing in the content.
  • the first medium is a program guide, and the related information may be supplementary explanation of the program or information on the performers of the program.
  • a program in which content is broadcasted information such as the performer of the program is printed on the first medium, and related information may be information on the performer.
  • the related information acquisition unit acquires the related information from the related information storage unit, but the external device capability may also acquire the related information.
  • the information output device includes a content acquisition unit that receives content, a pen information reception unit that receives information from the electronic pen, and related information acquisition that acquires related information based on information received by the pen information reception unit. And an information output device including an information output unit that outputs the content and the related information. The same applies to other embodiments.
  • the following information output method may be realized by the information output device. That is, a content acquisition step of receiving content, a step of outputting the content, and related information acquired based on information written on the medium using the electronic pen during the output of the content.
  • An information output method comprising an output step.
  • the check of the related information area 1101 of the first medium 11 means that it is necessary to describe some figure or the like on the first medium 11 with the electronic pen 12 in a remaining form. Not necessarily.
  • the electronic pen 12 may simply move on the first medium 11.
  • the term “check” includes describing various figures and characters such as remaru. If the check etc. described on the first medium 11 remain in the electronic device 12, the user can immediately understand the familiar and powerful terms (checked terms) just by looking at the first medium 11, and the learning effect is improved. Improve The
  • the processing in the present embodiment may be realized by software.
  • This software may be distributed by software download or the like.
  • this software may be recorded and distributed on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM.
  • the software that realizes the information output apparatus in the present embodiment is the following program.
  • this program is acquired based on information described on a medium using an electronic pen during the content acquisition step, the content output step to the computer, and the content output step to the computer.
  • a program for executing a step of outputting the related information is also preferable.
  • FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram of the information processing system in the present embodiment.
  • the information processing system includes a first medium 11, a second medium 131, an electronic pen 12, an information output device 133, and a transmission device 1 34.
  • a user who uses this information processing system usually views educational content having video and audio, and describes the content that the user has viewed the educational content using the electronic pen 12 with the second medium 131 as a notebook. Or write Z and test answers.
  • the user can obtain necessary related information by checking the first medium 11 with the electronic pen 12 while viewing the educational content. Users can also see their own notes and others' notes on the screen while viewing educational content.
  • the second medium 131 is a medium on which a special dot pattern is printed.
  • the second medium 131 outputs to the attendance area 13101 which is an area in which information indicating that the student is attending the class (viewing educational content) and the information output device 133 are output.
  • a selection area 13102 that is an area for describing selection instructions that are information for selecting content to be selected
  • a first answer area 13103 that is an area for describing a first answer
  • an area for describing a second answer It has a second answer area 13104.
  • the second medium 131 is usually made of paper, but any material can be used, such as plastic, as long as characters and the like can be described with an electronic pen and a special dot pattern is printed.
  • FIG. 14 is a block diagram of the information processing system in the present embodiment.
  • Information output device 133 includes content acquisition unit 1301, related information storage unit 1302, pen information reception unit 1303, related information acquisition unit 1304, information output unit 13306, pen information transmission unit 13301, class attendance information reception unit 13302, One answer information receiving unit 13303, a self first answer information receiving unit 13304, and a second answer information receiving unit 13305 are provided.
  • the transmission device 134 includes a content storage unit 1401, a content transmission unit 1402, an attendance information reception unit 13403, a first answer information reception unit 13404, a second answer information reception unit 13405, an attendance information configuration unit 13406, a first An answer information configuration unit 13407, a self-other second answer information configuration unit 13408, an attendance information transmission unit 13409, a first answer information transmission unit 13410, and a self-other second answer information transmission unit 13411 are provided.
  • the pen information transmission unit 13301 transmits at least a part of the information received by the pen information reception unit 1303 to the transmission device 14. Note that the information received by the pen information receiving unit 1303 and the information transmitted by the pen information transmitting unit 13301 do not necessarily match.
  • the pen information transmission unit 13301 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a broadcasting means.
  • the class attendance information receiving unit 13302 receives attendance information, which is information related to attendance, from the transmission device 134.
  • the attendance information is information based on information described in the attendance area 13101 of the second medium 131 by the electronic pen 12.
  • Attendance information is, for example, the number of people who watch educational content (participate in lectures).
  • the attendance information is, for example, the name of the person who views the educational content, the student ID, and the like.
  • the class attendance information receiving unit 13302 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.
  • the student ID is an ID for identifying the student and an electronic pen identifier for identifying the electronic pen 12.
  • the student ID is usually held by the electronic pen 12. Electric The child pen 12 adds the student ID when transmitting information.
  • the other person first answer information receiving unit 13303 is information described in the first answer area 13103 using the electronic pen 12, and information described by a third party who is not the user of the electronic pen 12.
  • the other person's first answer information which is information on the information, is received from the transmission device 134.
  • the other person's first answer information is, for example, other person's note description information (other person's note information).
  • the first answer area 13103 is a note area.
  • the other person's first answer information is, for example, information on another person's test answer. In such a case, the first answer area 13103 is a test area.
  • the other person first answer information receiving unit 13303 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.
  • the self-first answer information receiving unit 13304 is information described in the first answer area 13103 using the electronic pen 12 and is information related to information described by the user of the electronic pen 12. One answer information is received from the transmitter 134.
  • the self-first answer information receiving unit 13304 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.
  • the second answer information receiving unit 13305 is information described in the second answer area 13104 using the electronic pen 12, and information related to information described by the user of the electronic pen 12 or Z and a third party. Is received from the transmitter 134.
  • the self-other second answer information is, for example, a score or deviation value of one's own test.
  • the self-other second answer information is, for example, the average score of the test of class participants.
  • the class attendance information receiving unit 13302, the other person's first answer information receiving unit 13303, the self-first answer information receiving unit 13304, the second answer information receiving unit 13305 and the like are usually realized by one receiving means. .
  • the class attendance information receiving unit 13302, the other person's first answer information receiving unit 13303, the self first answer information receiving unit 13304, the second answer information receiving unit 13305, etc. It is also possible to judge whether it is corresponding information, such as self-first answer information!
  • the information output unit 13306 is based on the educational content or the Z and other person first answer information or Z and the self first answer information or Z and the other person. Two answer information is output, and the related information acquisition unit 1304 Related information is output. Normally, the information output unit 13306 outputs the related information immediately when the related information acquisition unit 1304 acquires the related information. Further, when the pen information receiving unit 1303 receives the information written in the first medium 11 from the electronic pen 12, the related information acquiring unit 1304 acquires the related information immediately. Based on the selection instruction, the information output unit 13306 may switch the content to be output, change the size of the window to be output, or change the color and arrangement of the window frame at the time of display. good.
  • the information output unit 13306 changes the output mode of the content based on the selection instruction described using the electronic pen 12.
  • the information output unit 13306 outputs the educational content or the Z and other person first answer information or Z and the self first answer information or Z and the other second answer information in a fixed window. May be.
  • the term “output” usually means display on a display or sound output, but is a concept including printing on a printer, transmission to an external device, accumulation in a recording medium, and the like.
  • the information output unit 13306 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a speaker.
  • the information output unit 13306 can be realized by driver software of an output device or a single driver of an output device and an output device.
  • the information output unit 13306 automatically hides the related information after a predetermined time has elapsed after outputting the related information. This is because the user can understand the meaning of the powerful terms examined at a predetermined time, and after that time, the output of related information may interfere with the viewing of educational content.
  • the attendance information receiving unit 13403 receives information described in the attendance area 13101 from the information output device 133 using the electronic pen 12.
  • the attendance information receiving unit 13403 may receive an electronic pen identifier for identifying the electronic pen 12 (the electronic pen identifier is the same as the “student ID”).
  • the attendance information receiving unit 13403 receives the electronic pen identifier, whereby the attendee can be specified.
  • the information described in the attendance area 13101 is, for example, a set of coordinate information.
  • the attendance information receiving unit 13403 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.
  • the first answer information receiving unit 13404 receives information described in the first answer area 13103 from the information output device 133 using the electronic pen 12. Described in the first answer area 13103 The obtained information is, for example, a set of coordinate information.
  • the first answer information receiving unit 13404 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.
  • the second answer information receiving unit 13405 receives the information described in the second answer area 13104 from the information output device 133 using the electronic pen 12.
  • the information described in the second answer area 13104 is, for example, a set of coordinate information.
  • the second answer information receiving unit 13405 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.
  • the attendance information receiving unit 13403, the first answer information receiving unit 13404, and the second answer information receiving unit 13405 are usually realized by one receiving means. Furthermore, the attendance information receiving unit 13 403, the first answer information receiving unit 13404, and the second answer information receiving unit 13405 respectively receive the attendance area 13101, the first answer area 13103, and the second answer area 13104. Processing for determining whether or not the information is the information described in the above item may be performed.
  • the attendance information configuration unit 13406 configures attendance information based on the information described in the attendance area 13 101 received from one or more information output devices 133.
  • Attendance information refers to attendance information such as a set of student IDs that identify attendees and the number of attendees.
  • the attendance information configuration unit 13406 can also be implemented as an MPU or memory.
  • the processing procedure of the attendance information configuration unit 13406 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).
  • the first answer information configuration unit 13407 based on the information described in the first answer area 13103 received from one or more information output devices 133, the other person's first answer information or Z and the self-first answer Configure information.
  • the first answer information configuration unit 13407 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like.
  • the processing procedure of the first answer information configuration unit 13407 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).
  • Self-other second answer information forming section 13408 forms self-other second answer information based on the information described in second answer area 13104 received from one or more information output devices 133.
  • the self-other second answer information configuration unit 13408 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like.
  • the processing procedure of the self-other second answer information configuration unit 13408 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, hardware (dedicated circuit) may be used.
  • the attendance information transmission unit 13409 transmits the attendance information configured by the attendance information configuration unit 13406 to the information output device 133. There is no limitation on the timing at which the attendance information transmitting unit 13409 transmits the attendance information. For example, the attendance information transmission unit 13409 transmits attendance information indicating the number of attendees to the all information output device 133 before the lesson starts. In addition, the attendance information transmission unit 13409 transmits the attendance information when, for example, the information described in the attendance area 13101 is received from the information output device 133 (usually in such a case, the attendee has changed). .
  • the attendance information transmission unit 13409 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a broadcasting means.
  • First answer information transmitting section 13410 transmits the other person's first answer information or Z and self-first answer information configured by first answer information constituting section 13407.
  • 1st answer information transmission part 1 3410 does not ask
  • the first answer information transmission unit 13410 may transmit based on an instruction from the information output device 133 or may transmit periodically.
  • the other person's first answer information and the self-first answer information usually have the same structure, but may have different structures.
  • the other person's first answer information includes, for example, a student ID and information on the answer, and the information output device 133 determines whether the other person's first answer information or the self first answer information based on the student ID. But it ’s okay.
  • First answer information transmitting section 13410 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a broadcasting means.
  • the own / other second answer information transmitting unit 13411 transmits the own / other second answer information configured by the own / other second answer information configuring unit 13408. There is no limitation on the timing at which the self-other second answer information transmitting unit 13411 transmits the self-other second answer information.
  • the self-other second answer information transmission unit 13411 may transmit based on an instruction from the information output device 133, or may transmit periodically.
  • the self-other second answer information transmitting unit 13411 may be realized by a force broadcasting means that is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means.
  • Step S1501 The content acquisition unit 1301 determines whether or not the transmitting device 14 has also received the educational content. If the educational content is received, the process goes to step S1502, and if the educational content is not received, the process jumps to step S1503.
  • Step S1502 The information output unit 13306 outputs the educational content received in step S1501. Return to step S1501.
  • Step S 1503 The pen information receiving unit 1303 determines whether or not the information has been received from the electronic pen 12. If information is received from the electronic pen 12, the process goes to step S1504, and if information is not received from the electronic pen 12, the process jumps to step S1515.
  • Step S 1504 The related information acquisition unit 1304 determines whether or not the information received in step S 1503 is information for instructing acquisition of related information. If it is information indicating acquisition of related information, the process goes to step S 1505, and if it is not information instructing acquisition of related information, the process jumps to step S 1507.
  • An example of a method for determining whether received information is information for instructing acquisition of related information has been described in the first embodiment.
  • Step S1505 The related information acquisition unit 1304 acquires the related information from the related information storage unit 1302 based on the information received in step S1503.
  • An example of an algorithm for acquiring related information has already been explained in the flowchart of FIG.
  • Step S1506 The information output unit 1305 outputs the related information acquired in Step S 1505. Return to step S1501.
  • Step S1507 The information output unit 13306 determines whether or not the selection instruction (the instruction described in the selection area 13102) described using the information power electronic pen 12 received in Step S 1503. To do. If it is a selection instruction, the process goes to Step S 1508, and if it is not a selection instruction, the process jumps to Step S1514.
  • the information output unit 13306 can usually determine from the coordinate information (X, y) included in the received information whether the instruction described with the electronic pen 12 is an instruction described in the selection area 13102. .
  • the information output unit 13306 holds a coordinate information group for specifying the selection region 13102 by means not shown. Details will be described later.
  • Step S1508 The information output unit 13306 determines whether or not it is an instruction to output the information power others first answer information received in step S1503. If it is an instruction to output other person's first answer information, the process proceeds to step S 1509, and if it is not an instruction to output other person's first answer information, the process jumps to step S 1510.
  • Step S 1509 The information output unit 13306 outputs the stored other person first answer information. Note that if the information output device 133 has not received the other person's first answer information from the transmission device 134, for example, a previously stored error message is output or the selection instruction is ignored.
  • the other person's first answer information may be output so as to conceal the output of the educational content, may be output overlapping the educational content, or may not be overlapped with the educational content in a separate window. It may be output.
  • the output mode of the other person's first answer information does not matter. Return to step S1501.
  • Step S1510 Information output section 13306 determines whether or not the information received in step S1503 is an instruction to output self-first answer information. If it is an instruction to output self-first answer information, the process proceeds to step S 1511, and if it is not an instruction to output self-first answer information, the process jumps to step S 1512.
  • the information output unit 13306 adds whether or not the information received from the transmission device 14 is self-first answer information, for example, is added as header information of the self-first answer information. Judgment is made based on whether or not the student ID stored in 13 is correct.
  • the student ID is information for identifying the student, and is usually information that matches the information for identifying the electronic pen 12 and is stored in the electronic pen. When information (usually a coordinate information group) is transmitted from the electronic pen 12, a student ID is attached to the information.
  • Step S1511 The information output unit 13306 outputs the stored self-first answer information.
  • the processing when the information output device 133 has not received the self-first answer information from the transmitting device 134 and the output mode of the self-first answer information are the same as the processing of the other person's first answer information. Return to step S1501.
  • Step S1512 The information output unit 13306 determines whether or not the information received in step S1503 is an instruction to output own second answer information. If it is an instruction to output second answer information, go to step S 1513. Return to S1501.
  • Step S 1513 The information output unit 13306 outputs the stored self-other second answer information.
  • the processing when the information output device 133 does not receive the other's second answer information from the transmitting device 134 and the output mode of the other's second answer information are the same as the processing of the other person's first answer information. is there. Return to step S1501.
  • Step S 1514 The pen information transmission unit 13301 transmits at least part of the information received in Step S 1503 to the transmission device 134.
  • at least a part means that information on a selection instruction is not transmitted.
  • the pen information transmission unit 13 301 may transmit all the information received in step S 1503 to the transmission device 134!
  • Step S1515 The class attendance information receiving unit 13302 determines whether or not the attendance information, which is information related to attendance, has been received from the transmission device 134. If attendance information is received, the process goes to step S1516. If attendance information is not received, the process jumps to step S1517.
  • Step S 1516 The information output unit 13306 outputs attendance information. Return to step S1501.
  • Step S1517 The other person first answer information receiving unit 13303, the self first answer information receiving unit 1 3304, and the second answer information receiving unit 13305 are the other person first answer information, the self first answer information, the self first answer information, It is determined whether or not the other second answer information is received. If the information is received, the process goes to step S1518. If the information is not received, the process returns to step S1501.
  • Step S1518 Other person first answer information receiving section 13303, self first answer information receiving section 1 3304, and second answer information receiving section 13305 each store the received information. Return to step S1501.
  • Step S 1601 Content transmitting section 1402 determines whether or not there is educational content to be transmitted to content storage section 1401. If education content exists, Go to S1602 and end the process if there is no educational content. It is assumed that the educational content exists, for example, until transmission starts at a predetermined time and transmission of one educational content (stream including video and audio) is completed.
  • Step S 1602 The content transmission unit 1402 acquires part of the educational content to be transmitted next from the content storage unit 1401.
  • Step S1603 The content transmission unit 1402 transmits the educational content acquired in Step S1602.
  • Step S1604 The attendance information receiving unit 13403, the first answer information receiving unit 13404, or the second answer information receiving unit 13405 are respectively displayed in the attendance region 13101, the first answer region 1 3103, and the second answer region 13104. It is determined whether or not it has received the described information. If information is received, go to step S 1605, otherwise go to step S 1618
  • Step S 1605 The attendance information receiving unit 13403 determines whether or not the information described in the attendance area 13 101 has been received from the information output device 133 using the electronic pen 12. If the information described in the attendance area 13101 is received, the process goes to step S1606. If the information described in the attendance area 13101 is not received, the process jumps to step S1608.
  • the attendance information composition unit 13406 also acquires the student ID for the received information power.
  • the student ID is, for example, present in the header part of the received information (for example, from the Obyte to the 20th byte of the information).
  • the attendance information configuration unit 13406 configures and stores attendance information based on the student ID acquired in step S 1606 and the received information. For example, the attendance information configuration unit 13406 appends the student ID acquired in step S 1606 to the stored attendance information, and configures attendance information including the IDs of all students. For example, the attendance information forming unit 13406 adds 1 to the attendance information indicating the number of students and forms the attendance information. In such cases, attendance information is the number of participants. Return to step S1601.
  • Step S 1608 First answer information receiving section 13404 determines whether or not the information described in first answer area 13103 has been received from information output device 133 using electronic pen 12. The If the information described in the first answer area 13103 is received, the process proceeds to step S1609, and if the information described in the first answer area 13103 is not received, the process jumps to step S1614.
  • the first answer information composition unit 13407 also acquires the student ID for the received information power.
  • Step S1610 The first answer information constituting unit 13407 constitutes first answer information.
  • An example of the algorithm constituting the first answer information will be described using the flowchart of FIG.
  • Step S1611 The first answer information configuration unit 13407 accumulates the student ID acquired in Step S 1609 and the first answer information configured in Step S1610 as a pair.
  • First answer information transmitting section 13410 constitutes self-first answer information.
  • the first answer information transmitting unit 13410 writes the student ID in the header part of the information and writes the first answer information in the main body part.
  • Step S1613 First answer information transmitting section 13410 transmits the self-first answer information configured in step S1612. Such transmission is usually multicast.
  • This self-first answer information is self-first answer information for the student identified by the student ID described in the header, and is the other person's first answer information for others. . Return to step S 1601.
  • Step S1614 The self-other second answer information transmitting unit 13411 determines whether the information described in the second answer area 13104 is received from the information output device 133 using the electronic pen 12. . If the information described in the second answer area 13104 is received, the process proceeds to step S 1615. If the information described in the second answer area 13104 is not received, the process returns to step S1601.
  • Step S1615 The self-other second answer information composition unit 13408 also acquires the student ID with the received information power.
  • Step S1616 The self-other second answer information configuration unit 13408 performs scoring processing.
  • the information written in the second answer area 13104 is a test answer, and scoring means that the test is scored. An example of the scoring algorithm will be described later. It is also assumed that the test score is obtained as a result of scoring.
  • Step S1617 The self-other second answer information constituting unit 13408 accumulates the student ID acquired in Step S1615 and the score obtained in Step S1616 as a pair. Return to step S1601.
  • Step S1618 First answer information transmitting section 13410 determines whether or not it is a timing for transmitting one person's answer information. If it is time to send other person's answer information, go to step S 1619, and if not, send the process to step S 16 21. Note that. There is no limitation on the algorithm used to determine whether or not it is the timing to send the answer information of another person. For example, when the first answer information of a predetermined number (for example, 100) or more is obtained, it may be determined that it is the timing for sending the other person's one answer information, or the first answer information of all students has been obtained. In this case, it may be determined that it is the timing for transmitting the other person's answer information, or may be determined to be the timing for transmitting the other person's answer information when a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the process.
  • a predetermined number for example, 100
  • First answer information transmitting section 13410 acquires one or more first answer information.
  • the first answer information transmission unit 13410 may obtain, for example, the largest number of information (data amount of information) V, one first answer information, or may obtain all first answer information. ,. In addition, it does not matter what kind of first answer information the first answer information transmitting unit 13410 acquires.
  • the one or more pieces of first answer information acquired here are the first answer information accumulated in step S 1611.
  • Step S1620 First answer information transmitting section 13410 transmits the first answer information acquired in Step S1619. Return to step S1601.
  • the first answer information transmitted here is usually the other person's first answer information, but may be self-first answer information for a student.
  • Step S 1621 The own / other second answer information transmitting unit 13411 determines whether or not the power is the timing for transmitting the own / other second answer information. If it is time to transmit the second answer information of the other party, the process goes to step S1622. If not, the process returns to step S1601.
  • Self-other second answer information transmitting section 13411 acquires self-other second answer information.
  • Self-other 2nd answer information transmission part 13411 is the information described in the 2nd answer area of oneself. The score of (test) may be sufficient, and the average score of the information (test) described in the second answer area of all students may be acceptable. If the self-other second answer information is the average score, the self-other second answer information transmitter
  • Step S1623 The own / other second answer information transmitting unit 13411 transmits the own / other second answer information acquired in step S1622. Such transmission is usually multicast. Return to step S1601.
  • First answer information configuration section 13407 reads a template for configuring first answer information held in advance.
  • a template is a notebook frame created by students when viewing educational content, or a notebook with a predetermined percentage of characters in a notebook of a completed image.
  • the first answer information configuration unit 13407 is information described with the electronic pen 12, and among the received information, the information described in the first answer area 13103 (usually a plurality of coordinates) Generate a character code from (information).
  • the information described in the first answer area 13103 is divided into information constituting one character, and the character code is generated for each piece of information constituting the one character.
  • the first answer information configuration unit 13407 is information described with the electronic pen 12, and out of the received information, the information described in the first answer area 13103 (usually a plurality of coordinate information) is bitmapped. Data (preferably a transparent background) may be constructed. Note that a technique for generating a character code or the like from a plurality of coordinate information is a well-known technique, and a detailed description thereof is omitted here.
  • the first answer information component 13407 associates the top coordinate information (upper left coordinate information) of the information described in the first answer area 13103 with the character code generated in Step S 1702 And temporarily store. Here, as many characters as the number of characters are stored, the first coordinate information and character code pair information are accumulated.
  • Step S 1704 First answer information forming section 13407 maps all character codes or bitmaps temporarily stored in Step S1703 to the template read in Step S1701. At the time of mapping, at the position indicated by the first coordinate information paired with the character code, Place the character code. Through the above process, the first answer information can be configured. Return to upper function.
  • Step S1801 The self-other second answer information constituting unit 13408 substitutes 0 for the variable "score”.
  • Step S1802 The self-other second answer information configuration unit 13408 is information described with the electronic pen 12, and among the received information, the information described in the second answer area 13104 (usually multiple It is determined whether or not (coordinate information) exists. If the information described in the second answer area 13104 exists, the process proceeds to step S1803, and if the information described in the second answer area 13104 does not exist, the process returns to the upper function.
  • the self-other second answer information configuration unit 13408 is information described with the electronic pen 12, and acquires a series of coordinate information from the received information (usually a plurality of coordinate information). .
  • the series of coordinate information is, for example, coordinate information indicating an answer to a single question.
  • the series of coordinate information is, for example, only a plurality of pieces of coordinate information having y coordinate values in a predetermined range among a plurality of pieces of coordinate information (X, y).
  • the self-other second answer information constituting unit 13408 determines a problem ID for identifying the information power problem acquired in Step S1803.
  • the self-other second answer information configuration unit 1 3408 previously sets a pair of question ID and upper left coordinates (xl, yl) and lower right coordinates (x2, y2) of a frame in which the answer of the question ID is described.
  • One point (X, y) of the stored information acquired in step S1803 is a point in the rectangle identified by the upper left coordinates (xl, yl) and lower right coordinates (x2, y2) If one point (X, y) is a point in the rectangle, the problem ID corresponding to the rectangle is acquired.
  • Step S 1805 The self-other second answer information composition unit 13408 determines the user's answer from the information acquired in step S 1803.
  • the processing to be performed may be the processing for acquiring the information power acquired in step S1803 or the character code, or may be the processing for determining the selected answer using the information processing acquired in step S1803. Since this process is a known technique, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
  • Step S 1806 The own / other second answer information constituting unit 13408 obtains correct answer information corresponding to the question ID obtained in Step S 1804. For example, the self-other second answer information configuration unit 13408 holds the question ID and the correct answer information in pairs.
  • Step S1807 The self-other second answer information configuration unit 13408 determines whether or not the user's answer determined in step S1805 matches the correct answer acquired in step S1806. If they match, go to step S1808, and if they do not match, return to step S1802.
  • Step S 1808 The self-other second answer information configuration unit 13408 adds the correct score corresponding to the problem ID to the variable “score”.
  • the correct score corresponding to the problem ID may be different for each problem, or may be the same for all problems.
  • FIG. 1 A conceptual diagram of the information processing system is shown in FIG. 1
  • FIG. 19 is an example of the second medium 131.
  • the second medium 131 includes an attendance area 13101, a selection area 13102, a first answer area 13103, a second answer area 13104, a transmission instruction area 13105, and a memo area 13106.
  • the first answer area 13103 is an area for writing notes in order to promote understanding of educational content.
  • the first answer area 13103 is a note area where important keywords are entered.
  • the first answer area 1 3103 is a notebook template.
  • the second answer area 13104 is an area in which answers of tests to be performed after the lesson in the distribution of educational content is described.
  • the second answer area 13104 is an area for checking a test answer or selecting a correct answer by enclosing it in a circle.
  • the second answer area 13104 has a start area 131041 for informing the start of the test and an end area 131042 for informing the end of the test.
  • Transmission instruction area 13105 is an area for giving an instruction to transmit information or the like described in attendance area 13101.
  • the electronic pen 12 displays the stored information (the coordinates of the trajectory that the electronic pen 12 has passed).
  • Information group is transmitted to the information output device 133.
  • the memo area 13106 is an area where the user can freely write while viewing educational content.
  • the selection area 13102 when the user checks the area “1” with the electronic pen 12, only the educational content is output to the information output device 133.
  • the user's own note (information described in the first answer area 13103) is displayed on the information output device 133.
  • another user's notes (information described in the first answer area 13103 by another person) are displayed on the information output device 133.
  • an exemplary note is displayed on the information output device 133.
  • the educational content, the user's own notes, the notes of others, and the model notes are displayed on the information output device 133 in four divisions.
  • the information on the notebook as an example is held in advance by the transmission device 134 and distributed to the information output device 133 in advance.
  • the timing at which the transmitter 134 delivers the information of the model note is the timing at which the transmitter 134 delivers the information of the model note?
  • the user takes notes on the second medium 131 with the electronic pen 12 while viewing the educational content.
  • the user views the content for the test and answers the test.
  • the related information area 1101 of the first medium 11 is checked with the electronic pen 12.
  • the related information corresponding to the checked related information area 1101 is displayed on the information output device 133.
  • the content transmission unit 1402 of the transmission device 134 reads out educational content for training related to management stored in the content storage unit 1401, and sequentially distributes it.
  • the content acquisition unit 1301 of the information output device 133 receives the educational content. Then, the information output unit 13306 outputs the received educational content (see FIG. 8). The output here is usually a video and audio output. [0161] Then, the output of the video and audio prompts the user to check the attendance area 13101 of the second medium 131 using the electronic pen 12. Next, as instructed, the user checks the attendance area 13101 of the second medium 131. Then, the electronic pen 12 acquires a plurality of coordinate information indicating the locus checked by the user. Next, the electronic pen 12 acquires a student ID, which is information for identifying the stored electronic pen. Then, the electronic pen 12 constitutes information to be transmitted to the student ID and the plurality of coordinate information power information output devices 133. FIG. 20 shows an example of information transmitted to the information output device 133 by the powerful electronic pen 12.
  • the user checks the transmission instruction area 13105 of the second medium 131. Then, the electronic pen 12 acquires a plurality of coordinate information indicating the locus checked by the user. Then, the electronic pen 12 recognizes that the transmission instruction area 13105 has been checked, and transmits the information shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 21 is an output control management table managed by the information output device 133.
  • the output control management table is a table for controlling information output by the information output device 133.
  • My notes are notes that the viewer has created in the first answer area 13103.
  • the other person's note is a note created by another viewer in the first answer area 13103.
  • An exemplary note is an exemplary note that has been facilitated in advance. In this specification, viewers, students, and users have the same meaning.
  • the output control management table stores one or more records having riDj "selection instruction", "coordinate information", and "action".
  • ID is information for identifying a record and exists for record management in the table.
  • the “selection instruction” is information for identifying a part of the selection area 13102 and is information described in the selection area 13102.
  • Coordinat information is information for specifying an area identified by a selection instruction, and has upper left coordinates and lower right coordinates of the area.
  • “Action” is an operation performed when a corresponding area is checked. In “Action”, a function “show” is described. The function “show” indicates that the argument information is displayed in the argument window.
  • the “main window” is the entire screen.
  • the “Sub 1 window” is the upper left window of the screen.
  • the “Sub 2 window” is the upper right window of the screen.
  • “Sub 3 window” is the lower left window of the screen .
  • the “Sub 4 window” is the lower right window of the screen.
  • the subwindow is shown in Figure 22. “Show (sub 1 window, educational content)” is a function that outputs educational content to the sub 1 window.
  • FIG. 23 is a student management table held by the transmission device 134.
  • the student management table is a table for managing students. If the student checks the attendance area 13101 of the second medium 131 with the electronic pen 12 and then checks the transmission instruction area 13105, the information shown in FIG. 20 is transmitted from the electronic pen 12 via the information output device 133. Then, it is transmitted to the transmitter 134. Then, the attendance information receiving unit 13403 of the transmission device 134 receives the information. Next, the attendance information composition unit 13406 takes out the student ID with the information ability of FIG. 20 and adds it to the student management table. Here, it is assumed that the attendance information configuration unit 13406 also performs a process of calculating the number of students (matching the number of records in the student management table) from the student management table.
  • FIG. 24 shows a model held by the transmission device 134.
  • This template is information for composing the first answer information.
  • FIG. 25 is a problem answer information management table held by the transmission device 134.
  • the question answer information management table is a table for managing information related to test questions and answers described in the second answer area 13104 of the second medium 131.
  • the question answer information management table holds one or more records having riDj “question”, “question area information”, “correct answer”, and “correct answer area information”.
  • “Problem ID” is information for identifying a problem.
  • “Problem area information” is information for identifying an area in which an answer to the problem corresponding to the problem ID is described.
  • the area in which the answer is described is an area in the second answer area 13104 of the second medium 131.
  • “Problem area information” includes information on the upper left and lower right coordinates of the area in which the answer is described.
  • the “correct answer” is information indicating the correct answer of the problem.
  • the “correct answer area information” is information indicating an area where the correct answer is described in the second answer area 13104, and has information of upper left coordinates and lower right coordinates. Note that in one question in the second answer area 13104, a plurality of answer candidates are printed, and the user selects an answer by a process such as checking the answer candidate or adding a circle. Then, the transmission device 134 receives the coordinate information group that is the locus of the electronic pen 12 from the electronic pen 12 via the information output device 13, and determines which answer has been selected. Then, the transmission device 134 determines whether the selected answer and the correct answer match, and if they match, a predetermined score, for example, Add 20 points to the variable “Score”.
  • the information output device 133 receives and outputs the educational content (when the screen of the information output device 133 is as shown in FIG. 20), the user selects “3” in the selection area 13102 of the second medium 131. ”Is checked with the electronic pen 12. Then, the electronic pen 12 acquires a coordinate information group indicating the locus, gives a student ID, and transmits it to the information output device 133. Then, the information output device 133 performs the action “show (main window, other person's note)” specified by the selection instruction “3” from the “coordinate information” in the output control management table of FIG. 21 and the received coordinate information. Execute.
  • the information of another person's note is distributed from the transmission device 134 to the information output device 133 before the execution.
  • the student is transmitted to the transmitting device 134 by the electronic pen 12 via the information power information output device 133 described in the first answer area 13103, and the transmitting device 134 transmits the information described in the template and the first answer area 13103. It is assumed that a note of another person is composed and distributed to the information output device 133.
  • the information output device 133 can display another person's note on the entire screen as shown in FIG. 26 by executing “show (main window, other person's note)”.
  • show main window, other person's note
  • students can learn about other people's learning status, receive strong stimuli, and become even more enthusiastic about watching classes. It should be noted that even if educational content is not displayed, it is assumed that the audio of the educational content is normally output.
  • the electronic pen 12 acquires a coordinate information group indicating the trajectory, gives a student ID, and transmits it to the information output device 13.
  • the information output device 133 determines the action “show (sub 1 window, educational content), show specified by the selection instruction“ multi-display ”from the“ coordinate information ”in the output control management table of FIG. 21 and the received coordinate information. (Sub 2 window, own note), ... and get it. It is assumed that the information of one's own note, another person's note, and the model note is distributed from the transmission device 134 to the information output device 133 before such execution.
  • the screen of the information output device 133 is switched to a screen as shown in FIG.
  • the powerful screen allows users to view their notes, others' notes, and model notes while viewing educational content. Therefore, users are more enthusiastic about taking courses and can easily compare themselves with others regarding the level of understanding of the lesson.
  • the display shown in FIG. 28 may be used instead of the display shown in FIG. That is, the screen of the information output device 133 may be divided into any window or may overlap.
  • the number of students who are attendance information is displayed. This is a result of calculating the number of students based on the information regarding attendance received by the transmission device 134 and distributing it to the information output device 133.
  • your own note is displayed in the "Note 1" window
  • another person's note is displayed in the "Note 2" window
  • a model note is displayed in the "Note 3" window.
  • the transmission device 134 may configure the information shown in FIG. 29 based on the received information on attendance and distribute it to the information output device 133.
  • the information shown in Fig. 29 is the number of students who are one type of attendance information, the grades related to the notes described in the first answer area 13103, the student's note points, and the minitest described in the second answer area 13104.
  • the answer is also the calculated mini-test score, note score average, and mini-test score average.
  • Such numerical values can be calculated by known techniques.
  • the transmission device 134 may distribute the information shown in FIG. 29 to the information output device 133 as educational content, or may transmit it to the information output device 133 as attendance information separately from the educational content! ,.
  • information output device 133 while the information output device 133 is outputting the content of FIG. 20, for example, the user uses the electronic pen 12, and the word dictionary note “ISO14000” of FIG. The related information area 1102 corresponding to “” is clicked (see FIG. 9). Then, by the operation described in the first embodiment, information output device 133 displays the screen shown in FIG. 11 or FIG.
  • an effective education system can be provided. Specifically, students can write notes with an electronic pen while viewing educational content, and can check others or Z and their notes on the screen. In addition, students can immediately know the test scores. Furthermore, the student can easily know related information (for example, meanings of terms that cannot be understood) related to the content while viewing content such as educational content. This feature allows content to be In the case of educational content, the educational effect is greatly improved.
  • the information output device determines the selection instruction and switches the information output by the information output device.
  • the information output device also transmits information on the trajectory of the electronic pen described in the selection area to the transmission device, the transmission device determines the selection instruction, and outputs an output control instruction based on the selection instruction. You may send to.
  • the transmission device uses the information output device power electronic pen to receive the information described in the selection area, and the output control instruction based on the information received by the selection information reception unit! And an output control instruction transmitting unit for transmitting the output control instruction acquired by the output control instruction acquiring unit to the information output device.
  • the information output apparatus further includes an output control instruction receiving unit that receives an output control instruction that is an instruction to switch output of content. In other words, any device can interpret the information written in the selected area! The information to be output and the output mode may be changed based on the information entered in the selection area of the medium by the user. This also applies to other embodiments.
  • the information described with the electronic pen is transmitted to the transmitting device via the information output device, but may be transmitted directly to the transmitting device from the electronic pen card, etc. It may be transmitted to the transmitting device via the device. The same applies to other embodiments.
  • the software that realizes the information output apparatus in the present embodiment is the following program.
  • this program stores, in the computer, a content acquisition step for acquiring educational content, which is a content related to education, a pen information receiving step for receiving information from the electronic pen, and the information received in the pen information receiving step.
  • the related information acquisition step for acquiring the related information based on the information described in the first medium, and the information in the educational content, or the information received in the Z and the pen information receiving step,
  • the software that realizes the information output apparatus is the following program.
  • this program causes the computer to acquire a content acquisition step for acquiring educational content, a pen information receiving step for receiving information from the electronic pen, and a first step of the information received in the pen information receiving step.
  • a related information acquisition step for acquiring related information based on information described in one medium, and a pen information transmission step for transmitting at least a part of the information received in the pen information reception step to the transmission device
  • the other person's first answer information that is information described in the first answer area using the electronic pen and information related to information described by a third party who is not the user of the electronic pen.
  • the other person first answer information receiving step, the educational content, or Z and the other person first answer information, or Z and the related information acquisition unit A program for executing an information output step for outputting related information.
  • the information output step in the program changes the information to be output based on a selection instruction described using the electronic pen.
  • the software that realizes the information output apparatus is the following program.
  • the program stores a content acquisition step for acquiring educational content, a pen information receiving step for receiving information from the electronic pen, and a first medium in the information received in the pen information receiving step.
  • the related information acquisition step for acquiring the related information based on the information described in the above, the pen information transmitting step for transmitting at least a part of the information received in the pen information receiving step, and the information on attendance
  • a class attendance information receiving step for receiving attendance information from the transmitting device, and information described in the first answer area using the electronic pen, and a third party who is not a user of the electronic pen
  • the other person's first answer information receiving step for receiving the other person's first answer information, which is information related to the described information, from the transmission device;
  • Self-first answer information receiving step for receiving from the transmitting device self-first answer information, which is information written in the first answer area using a pen and information related to information written by a user of the electronic pen
  • the second answer information which is information described in the second answer area using the electronic pen and information related to information written by the user of the electronic pen or Z and a third party.
  • Second answer information reception step received from the device And the educational content or Z and other person first answer information or Z and self first answer information or Z and own other second answer information based on the selection instructions written using the electronic pen.
  • Embodiment 2 a mode in which transmitting apparatus 134 of Embodiment 2 is divided into two apparatuses will be described. That is, this is a mode in which the transmission device 14 performs distribution of educational content that has been performed by the transmission device 134 of the second embodiment, and the server device 3101 performs various processes of pen information that the transmission device 134 has performed.
  • Pen information is information including information (coordinate information group) obtained from information written with an electronic pen.
  • FIG. 30 is a block diagram of the information processing system in the present embodiment.
  • the information processing system includes a first medium 11, a second medium 131, an electronic pen 12, an information output device 133, a transmission device 14, and a server device 3101.
  • the first medium 11 and the second medium 131 are omitted.
  • Server device 3101 includes attendance information receiving section 13403, first answer information receiving section 13404, second answer information receiving section 13405, attendance information constituting section 13406, first answer information constituting section 13407, self-other second answer information.
  • a configuration unit 13408, an attendance information transmission unit 13409, a first answer information transmission unit 13410, and a self-other second answer information transmission unit 13411 are provided.
  • server apparatus 3101 performs only a part of the functions of transmission apparatus 134, description of the operation of server apparatus 3101 is also omitted.
  • an effective education system can be provided. Specifically, the student can write notes with the electronic pen while viewing the educational content, and can be used by others. Can see Z and his notes on the screen. In addition, you can immediately know the score of the test. Furthermore, students can easily learn related information (for example, meanings of undivided terms) related to the content while viewing the content such as educational content. This function significantly improves the educational effect when the content is educational content. (Embodiment 4)
  • a program guide is described on the first medium!
  • the user can operate the program receiving device or display detailed information on the program and performers on the program receiving device.
  • the relay device performs processing for converting information acquired by the electronic pen into a command signal.
  • the command signal is a signal for operating the program receiving apparatus.
  • the operations include power supply switching, display switching, channel change, volume change, and the like of the program receiver, and various operations are possible.
  • FIG. 34 is a block diagram of the information processing system in the present embodiment.
  • the information processing system includes a first medium 341, an electronic pen 12, a relay device 342, a program reception device 343, and a transmission device 14.
  • the first medium 341 is omitted.
  • the first medium 341 a program guide is described.
  • the first medium 341 is usually paper.
  • the first medium 341 may be made of any material such as plastic.
  • the description of the program guide includes printing and patterning with unevenness.
  • the first medium 341 is printed with a special dot pattern, for example.
  • the first medium 341 is, for example, a paper of Anoto in the prior art.
  • the first medium 341 may be a part of newspaper, a part of a magazine, or an independent medium.
  • the program table includes a program column in which program information that is information about the program is written, a channel number column in which a channel number is written, and a time column in which time information is written.
  • the program guide may have a button pattern of a remote controller for operating the program receiving device 343.
  • the button design includes, for example, a power button design for power-on ZOFF, a design for a volume up / down button, a design for channel change, a design for a channel number, a design for a recording button, and the like.
  • the relay device 342 includes a conversion information storage unit 34201, a description information reception unit 34202, a manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203, a command signal acquisition unit 34204, and a command signal transmission unit 34205.
  • the conversion information storage unit 34201 stores one or more pieces of conversion information.
  • the conversion information is information indicating correspondence between information written with the electronic pen 12 and one or more command signals.
  • the information described with the electronic pen 12 is, for example, the information of the coordinate information group transmitted from the electronic pen 12. It is news.
  • the conversion information is, for example, information having a pair of area information (for example, upper left coordinate information (xl, yl) and lower right coordinate information (x2, y2)) forming a rectangle and one or more instruction signals. is there.
  • the conversion information is, for example, information having a pair of region information, a manufacturer identifier, and one or more instruction signals.
  • the command signal is a signal for operating the program receiving device, and is, for example, a remote control signal.
  • the remote control signal for example, a different signal is determined according to the manufacturer of the program receiving apparatus.
  • the command signal, conversion information, data structure of manufacturer identifier, assigned data, etc. are not limited.
  • the conversion information storage unit 34201 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.
  • the described information receiving unit 34202 receives information described in the first medium 341 from the electronic pen 12.
  • the described information receiving unit 34202 is preferably a wireless communication unit, but can also be realized by a broadcast receiving unit or a wired communication unit.
  • the described information receiving unit 34202 is preferably realized by short-range wireless communication means such as Bluetooth (registered trademark).
  • the manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203 when the information received by the description information receiving unit 34202 is information described with an electronic pen for any one of the one or more manufacturer fields, The manufacturer identifier, which is information associated with the one manufacturer column, is stored. More specifically, the manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203 stores at least one pair of information indicating the area of the manufacturer column (for example, information on the upper left coordinate and lower right coordinate of the rectangular manufacturer column) and the manufacturer identifier. Yes. Then, the manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203 determines which manufacturer column is designated from information (for example, coordinate information group) described with the electronic pen, and reads out the manufacturer identifier paired with the manufacturer column.
  • information for example, coordinate information group
  • the manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203 temporarily stores the read manufacturer identifier in at least the memory.
  • the one-of-a-kind identifier storage unit 34203 can usually also be implemented with an MPU, memory, etc.
  • the processing procedure of the manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).
  • the command signal acquisition unit 34204 corresponds to the information received by the written information reception unit 34202 1
  • the above command signal is obtained from one or more conversion information. More specifically, the command signal acquisition unit 34204 includes region information (for example, upper left coordinates indicating a rectangle, lower right corners) included in the conversion information based on information (for example, coordinate information group) received by the description information receiving unit 34202. (Coordinates) is searched, and area information of an area including the received information (coordinate information group) is determined. Next, the command signal acquisition unit 34204 reads information indicating one or more command signals paired with the area information.
  • the command signal acquisition unit 34204 preferably acquires one or more command signals corresponding to the information received by the written information reception unit 34202 and corresponding to the manufacturer identifier stored by the manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203. To do. In such a case, the conversion information has a different command signal for each manufacturer identifier. In other words, for example, even a volume up command signal differs for each manufacturer identifier.
  • the command signal acquisition unit 34204 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like.
  • the processing procedure of the command signal acquisition unit 34204 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).
  • the command signal transmission unit 34205 transmits one or more command signals acquired by the command signal acquisition unit 34204 to the program receiving device 343.
  • the command signal transmission unit 34205 can be realized by wireless or wired communication means.
  • the command signal transmission unit 34205 preferably performs infrared communication. More specifically, the command signal transmission unit 34205 is an infrared remote control transmission unit of a remote control attached to the television.
  • the program receiving apparatus 343 includes a content acquisition unit 34301, an information output unit 34302, a command signal reception unit 34303, an operation unit 34304, a related information storage unit 1302, and a related information acquisition unit 1304.
  • the program receiving device 343 is, for example, a television that receives and outputs terrestrial waves, satellite broadcasts, and CATV broadcasts.
  • the program receiving device 343 is, for example, a personal computer that receives Internet broadcasts.
  • a device for receiving a program for example, STB
  • a device for displaying a program may be separated, and the two devices that are powerfully separated may be the program receiving device 343.
  • the content acquisition unit 34301 receives the program or Z and related information from the transmission device 14.
  • the related information is information related to the program, for example, the contents of the program.
  • Information to explain and information about the performers of the program (profiles, schedule information, etc.)
  • the content acquisition unit 34301 receives the program in a state where the related information is associated with the program.
  • the program and related information are superimposed and transmitted from the transmission device 14.
  • the content acquisition unit 34301 may receive a broadcast program and receive related information through communication means such as the Internet. Further, the content acquisition unit 34301 may read the content with the recording medium power.
  • the content acquisition unit 34301 can be realized by means for receiving a broadcast or communication means.
  • the information output unit 34302 outputs the program or Z acquired by the content acquisition unit 34301 and the related information.
  • output is a concept including display on a display, sound output, transmission to an external device, and the like.
  • the information output unit 34302 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a speaker.
  • the information output unit 34302 can be implemented by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.
  • the command signal receiving unit 34303 receives one or more command signals from the relay device 342.
  • the one or more command signals received by the command signal receiving unit 34303 are usually a series of command signals for executing a predetermined function.
  • the command signal receiving unit 34303 can be realized by a wired communication means for which a wireless communication means is suitable.
  • the command signal receiving unit 34303 is preferably an infrared light receiving unit that receives an infrared signal.
  • the operation unit 34304 operates in accordance with one or more command signals received by the command signal reception unit 34303.
  • the operation may be any of the operations performed by the program receiving device 343, such as power on / off, volume up / down, channel change, program recording, program recording reservation setting.
  • the operating unit 34304 can usually also realize an MPU, a memory and the like.
  • the processing procedure of the operation unit 34304 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).
  • the content transmission unit 1402 of the transmission device 14 transmits the program and related information, which is information such as the details of the program content and the profile of the performer, in association with each other.
  • the content transmission unit 1402 of the transmission device 14 A table may also be sent.
  • relay apparatus 342 Next, the operation of relay apparatus 342 will be described using the flowcharts of FIG. 35 and FIG.
  • Step S3501 The written information receiving unit 34202 determines whether or not the information written on the first medium 341 has been received from the electronic pen 12. If information is received, the process proceeds to step S3502, and if information is not received, the process returns to step S3501.
  • Step S3502 The manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203 determines whether or not the information received in step S3501 is the information described with the electronic pen 12 in the manufacturer column of the first medium 341. If it is the information described in the manufacturer column, go to step S3503, and if it is not the information described in the manufacturer column, go to step S3505.
  • the manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203 determines which manufacturer column is designated from the information received in step S3501, and acquires the manufacturer identifier. Specifically, for example, the manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203 acquires a manufacturer identifier corresponding to an area including the information (for example, coordinate information group) received in step S3501.
  • Step S 3504 The manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203 temporarily stores the single identifier acquired in step S 3503 in a recording medium (not shown). Return to step S3501.
  • Step S3505 The command signal acquisition unit 34204 reads a manufacturer identifier recorded in a recording medium (not shown).
  • Step S 3506 The command signal acquisition unit 34204 acquires one or more command signals from the conversion information storage unit 34201. Details of the processing of the command signal acquisition unit 34204 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.
  • Step S3507 The command signal transmission unit 34205 determines whether or not the command signal has been acquired in step S3506. If the command signal has been acquired, the process goes to step S3508. If the command signal has not been acquired, the process returns to step S3501.
  • Step S3508 The command signal transmission unit 34205 is acquired by the command signal acquisition unit 34204.
  • One or more command signals are transmitted to the program receiving device 343. Return to step S3501.
  • step S3506 of relay apparatus 342 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.
  • Step S3601 The command signal acquisition unit 34204 determines an area on the first medium 341 indicated by the electronic pen from the information (for example, coordinate information group) received by the description information reception unit 34202, and The command signal corresponding to the area is retrieved from the conversion information storage unit 34201 and acquired. It is preferable that the command signal acquisition unit 34204 searches and acquires the manufacturer identifier using the information (for example, coordinate information group) received by the written information reception unit 34202 and step S3505 as a key.
  • Step S3602 Command signal acquisition unit 34204 determines whether or not the command signal acquired in step S3601 is an instruction to output related information. If it is a related information output instruction, go to step S3603, and if it is not a related information output instruction, go to step S3604.
  • Step S3603 Command signal acquisition unit 34204 transmits a command to program receiving device 343.
  • the command signal acquisition unit 34204 acquires only the command identifier of the related information output command in step S3601, and from the information (for example, coordinate information group) received by the described information reception unit 34202, which term (program Name, performer name, program content, etc.). Therefore, here, for example, the conversion information includes information in which one or more pieces of coordinate information are associated with terms in the program guide.
  • the related information output command configured are “related information output (program name)” and “related information output (performer name)”.
  • Step S3604 Command signal acquisition unit 34204 determines whether or not the command signal acquired in step S3601 is an instruction for recording reservation. If it is a recording reservation instruction, the process goes to step S 3605, and if it is not a recording reservation instruction, the process returns to the upper function. When returning to the upper function, the command signal strength acquired in step S3601 is usually the command signal acquired by the relay device 342.
  • the command signal acquisition unit 34204 acquires information for identifying a program to be recorded.
  • the information for identifying the program to be recorded may be a program identifier such as a program name or a G code, or may be information on a set of channel number and time zone. In this case, for example, the conversion information has one or more coordinate information and information for identifying the program in pairs.
  • the command signal acquisition unit 34204 searches for a command signal for recording reservation using the manufacturer identifier as a key. Then, the command signal acquisition unit 34204 configures a command signal that identifies a program to be reserved for recording.
  • configured command signals are “recording reservation (2, 6:00 7:00)”, “recording reservation (G code)”, “recording reservation (program name)”, and the like. If a recording reservation command signal has already been acquired using a key identifier as a key, in this step, it is only necessary to construct a command signal that identifies a program to be reserved for recording. Return to upper function.
  • the algorithm for obtaining the command signal is not limited to the algorithm of FIG.
  • the command signal acquisition unit 34204 may acquire the command signal in step S3601 and immediately transmit the command signal to the program receiving device 343.
  • the conversion information has a pair of region information and a command signal that can be interpreted (executed) by the program receiving device 343.
  • the content acquisition unit 34301 determines whether or not the content having the program or the Z and related information or the content including the information of the Z and the electronic program guide (EPG) is received from the transmission device 14.
  • the electronic program guide (EPG) information is, for example, so-called SI information.
  • Step S3702 The content acquisition unit 34301 separates the received content into programs, related information, EPG, and the like. If the content acquisition unit 34301 receives only one type of information (for example, only a program), the processing in this step is not necessary.
  • Step S3703 When the related information is included in the information separated in step S3702, the content acquisition unit 34301 stores the related information in the related information storage unit 1302. Further, when the information separated in step S3702 includes EPG information, the content acquisition unit 34301 stores the EPG information in a recording medium (not shown) (which may be a main memory).
  • Step S3704 The information output unit 34302 outputs the program separated in step S3702.
  • Step S 3705 Command signal receiver 34303 determines whether or not a command signal has been received. If the command signal is received, the process goes to step S3706. If the command signal is not received, the process returns to step S3701.
  • Step S3706 The related information acquisition unit 1304 determines whether or not the command signal received in step S3705 is a force to output related information. If it is an instruction to output related information, go to step S3707, and if it is not an instruction to output related information, go to step S3709.
  • Step S 3707 The related information acquisition unit 1304 searches the related information storage unit 1302 for related information according to the command signal received in step S 3705.
  • Step S3708 The information output unit 34302 outputs the related information searched in Step S3707.
  • the related information is output together with the program, for example. More specifically, it is preferable that the related information and the program are each output to two windows that divide the display into two.
  • Step S3709 The operation unit 34304 performs an operation according to the command signal received in step S3705.
  • This operation includes, for example, recording reservation, channel change, volume up Z down, power on Z off, and the like.
  • FIG. 1 A conceptual diagram of the information processing system is shown in FIG.
  • the electronic pen 12 transmits a coordinate information group (information indicating the locus of the electronic pen 12) to the relay device 342 by the Bluetooth short-range wireless communication means.
  • the relay device 342 receives the coordinate information group from the electronic pen 12 by, for example, Bluetooth short-range wireless communication means, converts the coordinate information group into a command signal, and transmits the command signal by infrared communication to the program receiving device 343.
  • the program receiving device 343 is, for example, a digital television.
  • the transmission device 14 is, for example, a digital broadcasting device using terrestrial waves or satellites.
  • the first medium 341 includes program guide information and button designs for operating the program receiving device 343 (power on Z off button design, volume up Z down button design, channel up Z Down button symbol, channel number selection button symbol, etc.) are printed.
  • the first medium 341 is paper.
  • the first medium 341 can be an expanded program section of a newspaper, and constitutes a TV guide-related magazine page. You can do it.
  • the program table includes a time column 3901 in which time information is written, a channel number column 3902 in which a channel number is written, and program information that is information about a program received and output by the program receiver 343.
  • the program column 3903 is displayed.
  • a program name check box 39031 for outputting program name related information, a performer check box 39032 for outputting performer related information, and a recording check box 39033 for recording are also printed. It is.
  • the user checks the warp and name check box 39031 with the electronic pen 12 the related information of the program is output to the program receiving device 343.
  • the first medium 341 a remote control symbol that is a set of buttons for operating the program receiving device 343 is printed.
  • the first medium 341 includes the power design 3904, which is the power on Z off button design, the volume design 3905, which is the volume up Z down button design, and the channel up Z down button design.
  • the power design 3904 which is the power on Z off button design
  • the volume design 3905 which is the volume up Z down button design
  • the channel up Z down button design There are a channel symbol 3906, a channel number symbol 3907 that is a symbol of a channel number selection button, and a manufacturer check box 3908 that is a check box for designating the manufacturer of the program receiver 343.
  • the program guide and the remote control design may be separated.
  • the remote control symbol is, for example, FIG. In FIG. 40, a pattern similar to that of a television remote control is drawn on the first medium 341.
  • the program guide can be derived from the program guide of FIG. 39, such as buttons on the remote control (power on Z off button design, volume up Z down button design, channel up Z down button design, etc. , Channel number selection button design, manufacturer column display, etc.).
  • the conversion information storage unit 34201 of the relay device 342 has a conversion information management table shown in FIG. Is stored.
  • the conversion information management table manages one or more records having “ID”, “area (xl, yl) (x2, y2)”, “command signal”, and “meaning”.
  • ID is information for identifying a record and exists for record management in the table.
  • Regular (xl, yl) (x2, y2)” is coordinate information for specifying the region on the first medium 341. Here, the region is a rectangle, the upper left coordinate (xl, yl) and the upper right coordinate Identified by coordinates (x2, y2).
  • the “command signal” is a command transmitted to the program receiving device 343.
  • the “command signal” is, for example, an infrared signal. However, the “command signal” may be a signal for identifying another command. The “meaning” is only described for the sake of clarity, and the relay device 342 may not be held. In the conversion information management table shown in Fig. 41, when the electronic area 12 is written (checked, etc.) in the rectangle indicated by "region (xl, yl) (x2, y2)", the command signal The command signal that is the attribute value of “” indicates that the relay device 342 transmits to the program receiving device 343.
  • the related information storage section 1302 of the program receiving device 343 holds the related information shown in Figs.
  • the related information may be transmitted from the transmission device 14, may be read out from the recording medium, or may be transmitted from transmission (not shown). .
  • FIG. 42 is a program information management table.
  • the program information management table manages one or more records having attribute values of “ID”, “CH”, “time zone”, “program name”, and “program information”. “CH” is the channel number, “Time zone” is the time zone information, “Program name” is the program name, and “Program information” is the detailed information of the program specified by the program name or channel and time zone. .
  • the program information management table manages information related to the program, for example, information that explains the contents of the program in detail.
  • FIG. 43 is a performer information management table.
  • the performer information management table manages one or more records having attribute values of “ID”, “CH”, “time zone”, “performer ID”, and “performer information”.
  • “Performer ID” is an identifier among performers of a program specified by a channel and a time zone.
  • “Performer information” is detailed information such as the performer's profile.
  • the performer information management table manages information related to the performers of the program, for example, the profile information of the performers of the program.
  • FIG. 44 is a detailed content information management table.
  • the detailed content information management table manages one or more records having attribute values of “ID”, “CH”, “time zone”, “content”, and “detailed content information”. "Inside The “content ID” is an identifier in each content (same meaning as item or subtitle) broadcasted by the program specified by the channel and time zone. “Detailed content information” is detailed information on items broadcast in the program. The content detail information management table manages detailed information such as items broadcast in the program and corners and topics.
  • the user holds the electronic pen 12 and checks one of the manufacturer identifier check boxes in the manufacturer column of the first medium 341 in FIG.
  • This manufacturer identifier is information for identifying the manufacturer of the program receiving device 343.
  • the user checked the check box of “Manufacturer A” with the electronic pen 12.
  • the electronic pen 12 acquires a coordinate information group indicating a trajectory checked by the user, and transmits it to the relay device 342.
  • the description information receiving unit 34202 of the relay device 342 receives the coordinate information group. Then, manufacturer identifier storage section 34203 determines whether or not the information is described in the received coordinate information group carker column. Here, the manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203 detects that the coordinate information of the coordinate information group is included in the rectangular area indicated by the attribute value “area” of the record of ID “158” in FIG. It is determined that the information is described in the column. Then, the manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203 acquires the command signal “storage (manufacturer A)” from the conversion information management table of FIG. Next, the manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203 temporarily stores the manufacturer identifier “maker A” in a recording medium (not shown). Note that the command signal “accumulate (one effort A)” is an instruction to accumulate the argument “maker A”.
  • the electronic pen 12 transmits the coordinate information group shown in FIG. 45 to the relay device 342.
  • the description information receiving unit 34202 of the relay device 342 receives the coordinate information group shown in FIG.
  • the manufacturer identifier accumulating unit 34203 determines whether or not the force is information described in the coordinate information group force S manufacturer column shown in FIG. Since it is not information described in the manufacturer column (an area including 3908 in FIG. 39), the command signal acquisition unit 34204 is recorded on a recording medium (not shown). Stored manufacturer ID “Manufacturer A” is acquired.
  • the command signal transmission unit 34205 transmits the command signal “program information output (2, 6:00)” to the program receiving device 343.
  • the program on channel “2” is tuned and output.
  • the command signal receiving unit 34303 of the program receiving device 343 receives the command signal “program information output (2, 6:00)”.
  • the information output unit 34302 outputs the program information "... focusing on current affairs delivered by Watanabe X and Tanaka Y".
  • the information output unit 34302 changes the display of FIG. 42 (a) to the display of FIG. 42 (b). That is, the information output unit 34302 displays only the program and changes from the state to display the program and the program information.
  • the electronic pen 12 acquires a coordinate information group indicating the locus of which the recording check box of 39033 (a) is checked, and transmits the coordinate information group to the relay device 342.
  • the command signal transmission unit 34205 transmits the command signal “recording code A (4, 7:00 to 8:00)” to the program receiving device 343.
  • the command signal receiving unit 34303 of the program receiving device 343 receives the command signal "recording code A (
  • the operation unit 34304 of the program receiving device 343 receives the command signal “recording code A (4, 7: 00—
  • the information output unit 34302 completes the setting of the recording reservation as shown in Fig. 47 (b) from the state of outputting only the warp yarns shown in Fig. 47 (a). Outputs that effect.
  • the output indicating that the recording reservation setting is completed is automatically hidden after outputting for a certain period of time.
  • the relay device converts information from the electronic pen into a command signal to be given to the program receiving device, so that the configuration of a known electronic pen or program receiving device (such as a television set) is configured. There is no need to change.
  • the program receiving device can be controlled by many electronic pens. In other words, a single relay device allows many people to control the program receiving device using their electronic pens.
  • the check box included in the medium program guide with the electronic pen Since the related information is output simply by checking, the contents that the user is interested in remain on the medium, which is preferable.
  • the user can control the program receiving device while viewing various information of the program (while viewing the program guide).
  • the first medium 341 is preferably a newspaper program guide.
  • a disposable remote control that is very easy to use can be provided, and the problem of remote control overflowing in the home and the problem of losing the remote control are reduced. This is because the newspapers will arrive the next day if they are gone. This also applies to the embodiments described later.
  • the first medium 341 may constitute a magazine page.
  • content such as a program may be configured such that the power program receiving device 343 transmits the recording medium power content transmitted from the transmitting device 14. This also applies to the embodiments described later.
  • the manufacturer identifier storage unit is not required, for example, when the manufacturer of the target program receiving device is determined or when the control code of the program receiving device common to the manufacturers exists. There may be cases. The same applies to the embodiments described later.
  • buttons for other functions for example, playing the content of the recording medium, fast-forwarding, winding, etc.
  • buttons for returning, frame advance, etc. may be described. The same applies to the embodiments described later.
  • the first medium includes a program column in which program information, which is information about a program received and output by the program receiving device, and a channel number column in which a channel number is described. It is a medium that has a time column in which time information is written, has a column written with an electronic pen, and can control the program receiving device by being written in the column with the electronic pen. Control of the program receiving apparatus includes the above-described recording reservation, channel change, volume change, power supply switching, and the like.
  • the check box was checked on the first medium with the electronic pen.
  • programs, performers, recordings A reservation operation or the like may be instructed. For example, if the user uses the electronic pen to describe the program field in a circle, the user may make a recording reservation for the program enclosed in the circle.
  • the electronic pen acquires the coordinate information group of the circle locus and determines which program is indicated by the electronic pen, relay device, program receiver, etc. Then, the program receiving device makes a recording reservation for the program.
  • the program receiving apparatus may perform a process of making a recording reservation for the two or more programs. In such a case, the user surrounds, for example, two or more warps with a single circle using the electronic pen.
  • the software that realizes the relay device in the present embodiment is the following program. That is, the program stores a description information receiving step for receiving information described in the first medium from the electronic pen and one or more command signals corresponding to the information received in the description information receiving step. A command signal acquisition step acquired from one or more pieces of conversion information, and a program for executing a command signal transmission step of transmitting one or more command signals acquired in the command signal acquisition step to the program receiving device. is there.
  • a program guide is described on the first medium!
  • the user can operate the program receiving device or display detailed information on the program and performers on the program receiving device.
  • the electronic pen performs processing for converting information acquired by the electronic pen into a command signal for operating the program receiving device. Therefore, no relay device exists in this embodiment.
  • FIG. 48 is a block diagram of the information processing system in the present embodiment.
  • the information processing system includes a first medium 341, an electronic pen 481, a program receiving device 343, and a transmitting device 14.
  • the first medium 341 is omitted.
  • the electronic pen 481 includes an information acquisition unit 1201, a conversion information storage unit 34201, a manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203, a command signal acquisition unit 34204, and a command signal transmission unit 34205.
  • Each component constituting the electronic vent 481 has been described in the above embodiment, so here Description of is omitted.
  • Step S4901 It is determined whether or not the information acquisition unit 1201 has acquired information (for example, coordinate information group). The timing of this determination is when one stroke is completed. If information is obtained, go to step S3502, and if information is not obtained, return to step S4901.
  • information acquisition unit 1201 has acquired information (for example, coordinate information group).
  • FIG. 1 A conceptual diagram of the information processing system is shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the electronic pen 481 transmits a command signal to the program receiving device 343 using, for example, an infrared signal or Bluetooth short-range wireless communication means.
  • the conversion information management table shown in FIG. 41 is stored in 201.
  • the related information storage section 1302 of the program receiving device 343 holds the related information shown in FIGS.
  • the electronic pen 481 acquires a coordinate information group indicating the locus checked by the user.
  • manufacturer identifier accumulating unit 34203 obtains the command signal “accumulate (maker A)” from the conversion information management table of FIG. Next, the manufacturer identifier storage unit 34203 temporarily stores the manufacturer identifier “maker A” in a recording medium, not shown.
  • the command signal transmission unit 34205 of the electronic pen 481 receives the command signal “program information output (2, 6
  • the yarn passing and receiving apparatus 343 performs the operation described as a specific example of the fourth embodiment.
  • the program receiving device 343 performs output as shown in FIG. 46 (b).
  • the electronic pen 481 obtains a coordinate information group indicating a trajectory in which the recording check box of 39033 (a) is checked.
  • the instruction signal acquisition unit 34204 reads the stored manufacturer identifier “Manufacturer A”. Next, the command signal acquisition unit 34204 uses the received coordinate information group as a key.
  • the command signal transmission unit 34205 transmits the command signal “recording code A (4, 7:00 to 8:00)” to the program receiving device 343.
  • the yarn passing and receiving device 343 performs the operation described as a specific example of the fourth embodiment.
  • the operation unit 34304 of the program receiving device 343 receives the command signal “recording code A (4, 7:00 — 8:
  • the program receiving apparatus can be controlled using the electronic pen. More specifically, you can make recording reservations by checking the program guide on the medium and the remote control design on the medium with an electronic pen, change the channel, and increase the volume. Etc.
  • software for realizing the electronic pen in the present embodiment is the following program. That is, this program stores, in a computer, an information acquisition step for acquiring information described in the first medium, and one or more instruction signals corresponding to the information acquired in the information acquisition step 1 A program for executing a command signal acquisition step of transmitting a command signal acquisition step acquired from the conversion information and one or more command signals acquired in the command signal acquisition step to a program receiving device.
  • a program guide is described on the first medium!
  • the user can operate the program receiving device or display detailed information on the program and performers on the program receiving device.
  • the program receiving apparatus performs processing for converting information acquired with the electronic pen into a command signal for operating the program receiving apparatus. Therefore, in this embodiment, there is no relay device.
  • FIG. 51 is a block diagram of the information processing system in the present embodiment.
  • the information processing system includes a first medium 341, an electronic pen 12, a program receiving device 513, and a transmitting device.
  • the first medium 341 is omitted.
  • the program receiving device 513 includes a conversion information storage unit 34201, a description information reception unit 34202, a command signal acquisition unit 34204, a content acquisition unit 34301, an information output unit 34302, an operation unit 34304, a related information storage unit 1302, and related information.
  • An acquisition unit 1304 is provided. Since each component constituting the program receiving device 513 has been described in the above embodiment, a description thereof is omitted here.
  • FIG. 1 A conceptual diagram of the information processing system is shown in FIG. 1
  • the electronic pen 12 sends, for example, information (for example, coordinate information group) described by an infrared signal or Bluetooth short-range wireless communication means to the program receiving device 343. I believe.
  • information for example, coordinate information group
  • the conversion information storage unit 34201 of the program receiving device 513 stores the conversion information management table shown in FIG.
  • the related information storage section 1302 of the program receiving device 513 holds the related information shown in FIGS.
  • the electronic pen 12 acquires the coordinate information group in FIG. 45 indicating the locus checked by the user, and transmits it to the program receiving device 513.
  • the description information receiving unit 34202 of the program receiving device 513 receives the coordinate information group.
  • the information output unit 34302 outputs the program information "... focusing on current affairs delivered by Watanabe X and Tanaka Y".
  • the information output unit 34302 changes the display of FIG. 42 (a) to the display of FIG. 42 (b). That is, the information output unit 34302 displays only the program and changes from the state to display the program and the program information.
  • the electronic pen 12 acquires a coordinate information group indicating the locus of checking the recording check box of 39033 (a), and transmits it to the program receiving device 513.
  • the description information receiving unit 34202 receives the coordinate information group.
  • the operation unit 34304 of the program receiving device 343 receives the command signal "recording code A (4, 7: 00—
  • the information output unit 34302 completes the setting of the recording reservation as shown in Fig. 47 (b) from the state where only the warp yarn is output as shown in Fig. 47 (a). Outputs that effect.
  • the software that realizes the program receiving apparatus in the present embodiment is the following program. That is, the program receives a content acquisition step of receiving a program from a transmission device, an information output step of outputting the program received in the content acquisition step, and information described in the first medium from the electronic pen. A description information receiving step; storing one or more command signals corresponding to the information received in the description information receiving step; and acquiring the command signal from one or more pieces of conversion information; and A program for executing an operation step that operates according to one or more command signals acquired in the command signal acquisition step.
  • each process is a single device (system). System) or may be realized by distributed processing by multiple devices.
  • the content acquisition step for receiving the content, the step of outputting the content, and the content acquired during the output of the content based on the information described on the medium using the electronic pen It is only necessary to realize an information output method including a step of outputting related information.
  • the second medium is, for example, the one shown in FIG. 19, but may be the medium shown in FIG. 31 to FIG. It is preferable to change the first answer area according to the level of the students.
  • the second medium has the first answer area of the note and the second answer area of the test, but may be either one of the answer areas. Further, the medium may have an area other than the area shown in FIG. 19, or may have a configuration having only a part of the area shown in FIG.
  • the educational content in the embodiment of the present specification preferably has the following configuration.
  • the first part explains the purpose of the lecture and the method of attendance.
  • viewers are prompted to check the attendance area.
  • I will enter the lecture.
  • Part III encourage students to view model notes, others' notes, and their own notes. In such a case, it is preferable to play concentrated BGM.
  • Test in Part 4. explain the problem with video or Z and audio.
  • the user writes the test answer with the electronic pen in the second answer area of the medium. It is preferable to display the score, ranking, and average score in Part 5.
  • the content is mainly educational content, but is not limited to educational content.
  • an output method for outputting related information (information related to content) obtained based on information written on a medium using an electronic pen during output of received content. is suggesting.
  • the content can be cooking content, self-made images, or any other content that includes video.
  • a single computer may be used to execute the above-described program. It may be. In other words, centralized processing or distributed processing may be performed.
  • step of transmitting information the step of receiving information, etc.
  • processing performed by hardware for example, processing performed by a modem, an interface card, etc. in the transmitting step (Processing that can only be done with software) is not included.
  • the first medium 11 and the second medium 131 may be media other than paper.
  • the first medium 11 and the second medium 131 may be plastic.
  • the materials of the first medium 11 and the second medium 131 may be different.
  • two or more communication means such as a transmission unit
  • two or more communication means existing in one apparatus may be physically realized by one medium.
  • the transmission / reception of information to / from other devices may be direct or indirect (via a third device)! ,.
  • the information processing system has an effect that, when viewing content, it is possible to easily acquire information related to the content viewed and viewed. It is useful as an educational content service or information output device.
  • FIG. 1 Conceptual diagram of the information processing system in Embodiment 1.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the information output apparatus.
  • FIG. 8 A diagram showing an output example of the information output device ⁇ 9] Diagram showing usage example of the first medium
  • FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram of an information processing system in Embodiment 2.
  • FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the transmission apparatus.
  • FIG. 18 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the transmission apparatus.
  • FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of the second medium
  • FIG. 20 A diagram showing an example of information transmitted by the electronic pen to the information output device.
  • ⁇ 21 A diagram showing the output control management table.
  • FIG. 24 A diagram showing an example of a model held by the transmitting device.
  • ⁇ 25 A diagram showing the problem answer information management table.
  • FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an output example of the information output device
  • FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an output example of the information output device
  • FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an output example of the information output device
  • FIG. 29 is a diagram showing an output example of the information output device
  • FIG. 30 is a block diagram of an information processing system in the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 34 is a block diagram of the information processing system in the fourth embodiment.
  • FIG. 35 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the relay device.
  • FIG. 36 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the relay device.
  • Fig.37 Flowchart explaining the operation of a single thread and receiving device- ⁇
  • FIG.40 I shows a concrete example of the first medium.
  • FIG.52 Flow for explaining the operation of a single thread and receiver

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Le système de traitement d’informations comprend un premier support, un stylo électronique, un dispositif de sortie d’informations et un dispositif d’émission. Le premier support possède au moins une zone d’informations associées pour spécifier des informations associées qui sont des informations d’un contenu de formation. Le stylo électronique acquiert les informations figurant sur le premier support et émet les informations vers le dispositif de sortie d’informations. Le dispositif de sortie d’informations possède une unité de réception de contenu de formation pour recevoir un contenu de formation du dispositif d’émission, une unité de réception d’informations du stylo pour recevoir des informations du stylo électronique et une unité d’acquisition d’informations associées pour acquérir des informations associées reçues par l’unité de réception d’informations du stylo, et une unité de sortie d’informations pour sortir le contenu de formation et les informations associées. L’unité d’émission émet un contenu de formation stocké. Ceci permet une acquisition facile d’informations associées à un contenu de formation.
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