WO2023106088A1

WO2023106088A1 - Interest level estimation system and interest level estimation method

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Publication number: WO2023106088A1
Application number: PCT/JP2022/043172
Authority: WO
Inventors: 美紗吉崎
Original assignee: パナソニックＩｐマネジメント株式会社
Priority date: 2021-12-07
Filing date: 2022-11-22
Publication date: 2023-06-15
Also published as: JPWO2023106088A1

Abstract

This interest level estimation system (10) comprises: an acquisition unit (44) which acquires prediction information based on an input operation of a user, the prediction information indicating an action schedule of a toddler (A); an estimation unit (45) which estimates, on the basis of the acquired prediction information, a first interest level of the toddler (A) for each of a plurality of genres related to the action of the toddler (A); and an output unit (46) which outputs first interest level information that indicates the estimated first interest level. The input operation includes: a selection operation for selecting a plurality of candidates for an action that the toddler (A) wants to perform in a target period; a selection operation for selecting a plurality of final candidates from among the plurality of candidates; a designation operation for designating the order in which the plurality of final candidates are performed in the target period; and a designation operation for allocating the time for each of the plurality of final candidates in the target period.

Description

Interest level estimation system and interest level estimation method

The present invention relates to an interest level estimation system and an interest level estimation method for estimating an infant's level of interest.

Various techniques related to childcare have been proposed. Patent Literature 1 discloses a desk for infants that can accustom infants to face the desk.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2013-287

When educating young children, it is important to understand what events they are interested in.

The present invention provides an interest level estimation system and the like that can estimate an infant's level of interest.

An interest degree estimation system according to an aspect of the present invention includes an acquisition unit that acquires schedule information that is schedule information indicating a schedule of behavior of an infant and that is based on a user's input operation, and based on the acquired schedule information, an estimation unit for estimating a first interest level of the infant for each of a plurality of genres related to the behavior of the infant; and an output unit for outputting first interest level information indicating the estimated first interest level, The input operation includes a selection operation for selecting a plurality of candidates for the behavior that the infant wishes to perform during the target period, a selection operation for selecting a plurality of final candidates from among the plurality of candidates, An operation of designating the execution order of the plurality of final candidates during the target period and an operation of designating time allocation of each of the plurality of final candidates during the target period are included.

An interest level estimation method according to an aspect of the present invention is a computer-executed interest level estimation method that acquires schedule information that indicates a schedule of behavior of an infant and that is schedule information based on a user's input operation. an estimation step of estimating a first degree of interest of the infant in each of a plurality of genres related to the behavior of the infant based on the acquired schedule information; an output step of outputting interest level information, wherein the input operation includes a selection operation for selecting a plurality of candidates for the behavior that the infant wishes to perform during the target period; A selection operation for selecting a plurality of final candidates from, an operation of specifying the order of implementation of the plurality of final candidates in the target period, and an operation of specifying the time allocation of each of the plurality of final candidates in the target period included.

A program according to one aspect of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute the interest level estimation method.

The interest level estimation system and the like of the present invention can estimate an infant's level of interest.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the interest level estimation system according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the procedure for inputting the schedule information and the performance information. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a first input screen for schedule information. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a second input screen for schedule information. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a third input screen for schedule information. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a fourth input screen for schedule information. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a fifth input screen for schedule information. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a sixth input screen for schedule information. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an input screen for performance information. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of schedule information and performance information. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a schedule/action comparison screen. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of calendar information. FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the operation of estimating the degree of interest. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of conversion parameter information. FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining a method of converting the second degree-of-interest information into the first degree-of-interest information. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of an image showing the first degree-of-interest information.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described below are all comprehensive or specific examples. Numerical values, shapes, materials, components, arrangement positions and connection forms of components, steps, order of steps, and the like shown in the following embodiments are examples and are not intended to limit the present invention. Further, among the constituent elements in the following embodiments, constituent elements not described in independent claims will be described as optional constituent elements.

It should be noted that each figure is a schematic diagram and is not necessarily strictly illustrated. Moreover, in each figure, the same code|symbol is attached|subjected with respect to substantially the same structure, and the overlapping description may be abbreviate|omitted or simplified.

(Embodiment)
[composition]
First, the configuration of the degree-of-interest estimation system according to the embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the interest level estimation system according to the embodiment.

The interest level estimation system 10 according to the embodiment is a system capable of estimating the interest level of the infant A with respect to each of a plurality of genres related to actions that the infant A can take. The interest level is a parameter indicating how much the infant A is interested in the genre, in other words, the interest level.

Actions here are, for example, actions that infant A can take, such as going to the park, playing with blocks, drawing, studying numbers, and studying letters. Behavior can be rephrased as activity or act. A genre corresponds to, for example, a higher concept of behavior, and can be rephrased as a field, a classification, a type, or the like. In the following embodiments, genres are genres related to learning (in other words, learning fields) such as Japanese language, arithmetic, science, and so on.

Specifically, the interest level estimating system 10 calculates the interest level of the infant A for each genre based on the action plans made by the infant A or the parent B of the infant A and the actions actually performed by the infant A. to estimate As shown in FIG. 1 , the interest level estimation system 10 includes a first information terminal 20 , a second information terminal 30 , and an interest level estimation device 40 . Each of these devices will be described below.

[First information terminal]
First, the first information terminal 20 will be explained. The first information terminal 20 is an information terminal used by the infant A or the guardian B. FIG. The first information terminal 20 is, for example, a portable information terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet terminal, but may be a stationary information terminal such as a personal computer. The first information terminal 20 specifically includes an operation reception unit 21 , a display unit 22 , a control unit 23 , a storage unit 24 , a communication unit 25 and a speaker 26 .

The operation accepting unit 21 accepts an operation by infant A or guardian B. The operation accepting unit 21 accepts, from the infant A or the guardian B, an input operation for, for example, schedule information indicating the schedule of the infant A's behavior and performance information indicating the performance of the infant A's behavior. The operation reception unit 21 is realized by, for example, a touch panel, but may be realized by a mouse and a keyboard.

The display unit 22 displays images. The display unit 22 displays, for example, an input screen for schedule information and performance information. The display unit 22 is implemented by, for example, a display panel such as a liquid crystal panel or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) panel.

The control unit 23 performs control such as causing the communication unit 25 to transmit the schedule information and performance information input to the operation reception unit 21 to the interest level estimation device 40 . The control unit 23 is implemented by, for example, a microcomputer, but may be implemented by a processor. The functions of the control unit 23 are realized by, for example, executing a computer program stored in the storage unit 24 by a microcomputer, processor, or the like that constitutes the control unit 23 .

The storage unit 24 is a storage device in which computer programs and the like executed by the control unit 23 are stored. The storage unit 24 is implemented by, for example, a semiconductor memory.

The communication unit 25 is a communication module (communication circuit) for the first information terminal 20 to communicate with the interest level estimation device 40 via a wide area communication network 70 such as the Internet. The communication unit 25 transmits, for example, schedule information and performance information to the interest level estimation device 40 . The communication performed by the communication unit 25 is, for example, wireless communication, but may be wired communication. The communication standard used for communication is also not particularly limited.

The speaker 26 outputs sounds such as alarm sounds. The speaker 26 is a speaker built into the first information terminal 20 , but may be a speaker externally attached to the first information terminal 20 .

[Second information terminal]
Next, the second information terminal 30 will be explained. The second information terminal 30 is an information terminal used by the teacher C of the kindergarten classroom (school for preschool children) that the infant A attends. The second information terminal 30 is, for example, a portable information terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet terminal, but may be a stationary information terminal such as a personal computer. The second information terminal 30 specifically includes an operation reception unit 31 , a display unit 32 , a control unit 33 , a storage unit 34 and a communication unit 35 .

The operation reception unit 31 receives teacher C's operation. The operation accepting unit 31 accepts an input operation of conversion parameter information from the teacher C, for example. Conversion parameter information will be described later. The plurality of operation reception units 31 are realized by, for example, a touch panel, but may be realized by a mouse, a keyboard, and the like.

The display unit 32 displays images. The display unit 32 displays, for example, an input screen for conversion parameter information. The display unit 32 is implemented by, for example, a display panel such as a liquid crystal panel or an organic EL panel.

The control unit 33 controls the communication unit 35 to transmit the conversion parameter information input to the operation reception unit 31 to the interest level estimation device 40 . The control unit 33 is implemented by, for example, a microcomputer, but may be implemented by a processor. The functions of the control unit 33 are realized by, for example, executing a computer program stored in the storage unit 34 by a microcomputer, processor, or the like that constitutes the control unit 33 .

The storage unit 34 is a storage device in which computer programs and the like executed by the control unit 33 are stored. The storage unit 34 is implemented by, for example, a semiconductor memory.

The communication unit 35 is a communication module (communication circuit) for the second information terminal 30 to communicate with the interest level estimation device 40 via the wide area communication network 70 . The communication unit 35 transmits the conversion parameter information to the interest level estimation device 40, for example. The communication performed by the communication unit 35 is, for example, wireless communication, but may be wired communication. The communication standard used for communication is also not particularly limited.

[Interest level estimation device]
Next, interest level estimation device 40 will be described. The interest level estimation device 40 is a cloud server (server device) that performs information processing for estimating the interest level of the infant A based on the information received from the first information terminal 20 and the information received from the second information terminal 30. ). Interest level estimation device 40 includes communication unit 41 , information processing unit 42 , and storage unit 43 .

The communication unit 41 is a communication module (communication circuit) for the interest level estimation device 40 to communicate with the first information terminal 20 and the second information terminal 30 via the wide area communication network 70 . The communication performed by the communication unit 41 is, for example, wired communication, but may be wireless communication. The communication standard used for communication is also not particularly limited.

The information processing unit 42 performs information processing for estimating the degree of interest of the infant A. The information processing unit 42 is implemented by, for example, a microcomputer, but may be implemented by a processor. The information processing unit 42 has an acquisition unit 44, an estimation unit 45, and an output unit 46 as functional components. The functions of the acquisition unit 44 , the estimation unit 45 , and the output unit 46 are realized by, for example, executing a computer program stored in the storage unit 43 by a microcomputer, processor, or the like that constitutes the information processing unit 42 . Detailed functions of the acquisition unit 44, the estimation unit 45, and the output unit 46 will be described later.

The storage unit 43 is a storage device that stores computer programs executed by the information processing unit 42 and various types of information used for performing the above information processing. The storage unit 43 is implemented by, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive).

[Scheduled information and actual information]
The interest degree estimation system 10 estimates the degree of interest of the infant A in each of a plurality of genres related to the behavior using the schedule information indicating the schedule of the behavior of the infant A and the performance information indicating the performance of the behavior of the infant A. do. The schedule information and performance information will be described below.

First, I will explain the schedule information. The schedule information is, in other words, plan information, and is information indicating the schedule (plan) of infant A's behavior. The schedule information is generated based on an input operation to the first information terminal 20 by at least one of the infant A and the guardian B. In addition, the schedule information includes information obtained in relation to the input of the schedule (information indicating the required time until the candidate is selected, information indicating whether or not the candidate was selected as the final candidate, etc., which will be described later). included.

For example, the control unit 23 of the first information terminal 20 executes a first application program (hereinafter, also referred to as a first application) dedicated to the interest level estimation system 10 to display the schedule information input screen on the display unit 22. display.

The following describes the input operation procedure for inputting schedule information and performance information, and examples of input screens. FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the procedure of an input operation. 3 to 9 are diagrams showing examples of input screens.

In the following description, the input operation for inputting the schedule information is described as being performed by the guardian B, but may be performed by the infant A. At least one of the infant A and the guardian B may perform the input operation.

First, the display unit 22 of the first information terminal 20 displays a first input screen as shown in FIG. While such a first input screen is displayed, the infant A and the guardian B discuss what kind of action the infant A wishes to perform during the target period of the next day. The target period is, for example, a period of about one hour in length, but the length of the target period is not particularly limited. Based on the result of the discussion, the parent B selects a candidate action that the infant A wishes to perform during the target period, and the operation accepting unit 21 accepts such a selection operation (S11). Specifically, the guardian B can display an option display screen (second input screen) as shown in FIG. 4 by tapping the icon labeled "select" in FIG. can. Guardian B selects a candidate action that infant A wishes to perform from the displayed options. For example, several tens to fifty kinds of options are prepared. Guardian B can also freely input an action that does not exist in the options.

In step S11, for example, a plurality of candidates (specifically, a predetermined number or more) are selected. The predetermined number is, for example, three. At this time, the control unit 23 records the required time until each of the plurality of candidates is selected (S12). The time required until the first candidate is selected is the time from the display of the first input screen to the selection of the first candidate, and the time until the second candidate is selected. The required time is the time from when the first candidate is selected until when the second candidate is selected.

When the candidate selection operation is completely accepted, the display unit 22 displays a third input screen as shown in FIG. When such a third input screen is displayed, among the plurality of candidates, the infant A discusses the action that the infant A particularly wants to carry out during the target period of the next day. Parent B performs a selection operation for selecting the final candidate based on the result of the discussion, and the operation receiving unit 21 receives such a selection operation (S13).

In step S13, for example, the predetermined number of final candidates are selected. In the example of FIG. 5, three actions are selected as the final candidates from the five action candidates of "TV", "Kazuno study", "Oekaki", "Kouen ni iku", and "Building".

When the selection operation for the final candidate has been accepted, the display unit 22 displays a fourth input screen as shown in FIG. While such a fourth input screen is displayed, Infant A and Parent B discuss the scheduled execution order of the final candidates (three actions) in the target period. Based on the result of the discussion, the guardian B performs an operation of designating the scheduled execution order of the determined final candidates in the target period, and the operation receiving unit 21 receives such a designating operation (S14).

When the operation for designating the scheduled implementation order is completed, the fifth input screen as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 22 . While such a fifth input screen is displayed, the infant A and the guardian B discuss the time allocation of the final candidates (three actions) in the target period. Based on the result of the discussion, the guardian B performs an operation of designating the time allocation of the determined final candidates in the target period, and the operation accepting unit 21 accepts such an operation of specifying (S15). As shown in FIG. 7, the time allocation specification operation is, for example, an operation on a triangular icon displayed on the fifth input screen. The designation of the time allocation is performed with a minimum unit of about 5 to 10 minutes.

When the acceptance of the time allocation designation operation is completed, the display unit 22 displays a sixth input screen as shown in FIG. While such a sixth input screen is displayed, infant A and guardian B discuss the start time of the target period. Based on the result of the discussion, the guardian B performs an operation for specifying the start time of the target period, and the operation accepting unit 21 accepts such an operation for specifying (S16).

Next, the control unit 23 generates schedule information for the infant A based on the input operations accepted in steps S11 to S16, and stores the generated schedule information in the storage unit 24 (S17). FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of schedule information (and performance information). As shown in FIG. 10, in the schedule information, the scheduled implementation date (the day after the scheduled information is entered), (a) a candidate for the action selected on the scheduled implementation date, (b) the candidate (c) whether or not it was selected as the final candidate; (d) the scheduled implementation order of the final candidate; and (e) the scheduled implementation time of the final candidate. It should be noted that the scheduled execution time is determined by the operation for specifying the time allocation described above. Moreover, as will be described later, the schedule information is associated with the performance information.

After that, at a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes before) the start time of the target period specified in step S16, the control unit 23 outputs an alarm sound from the speaker (S18). The control unit 23 may vibrate the first information terminal 20 using a vibration motor (not shown) included in the first information terminal 20 instead of or in addition to the alarm sound.

In addition, the control unit 23 causes the display unit 22 to display the input screen for performance information, which is the input screen shown in FIG.

When infant A actually performs one of the three final candidate behaviors scheduled the day before, guardian B performs a selection operation to select one behavior to be performed through the input screen of FIG. Tap the icon labeled "Start Activity". In addition, the guardian B taps the icon described as "end of activity" when ending implementation of the selected action. The operation reception unit 21 receives these input operations (S19), the control unit 23 generates performance information based on the received input operations, and stores the generated performance information in association with the schedule information (S20). ). As shown in FIG. 10, in the performance information, (f) the order in which the action of the final candidate was actually performed and (g) the time in which the action of the final candidate was actually performed are associated. there is

As explained above, Parent B can input schedule information and performance information through the first information terminal 20 . The input of schedule information and performance information (a series of processes shown in FIG. 2) is performed daily, and the schedule information and performance information are accumulated in the storage unit 24 . As will be described later, the accumulated schedule information and performance information are transmitted to the interest level estimation device 40 by the communication unit 25 .

It should be noted that the control unit 23, when a predetermined operation is performed on the first information terminal 20 (operation reception unit 21) that is executing the first application, changes the schedule and performance of the action indicated by the schedule information. The display unit 22 can display a comparison screen in which the results of the actions indicated by the information are arranged. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a comparison screen. In FIG. 11, the upper part shows the action plan, and the lower part shows the action result. According to such a comparison screen, the infant A and the guardian B can look back on how the performance of the behavior was compared to the schedule of the behavior.

Further, the control unit 23 inputs the schedule information and the performance information when a predetermined operation is performed on the first information terminal 20 (operation reception unit 21) that is executing the first application. It is possible to display calendar information indicating whether or not it has been completed by date. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of calendar information. In the example of FIG. 12, a star-shaped stamp is affixed to a date (corresponding to the date in FIG. 10) on which schedule information and performance information are input, and a day on which schedule information and performance information are not input. is not stamped. According to such calendar information, the interest level estimation system 10 can increase the willingness of the infant A and the guardian B to input the schedule information and the performance information.

By the way, it is assumed that the schedule information will be entered while talking between Infant A and Parent B before going to bed on the day before the action is actually performed. Therefore, when the time zone before going to bed (for example, the time zone after 21:00 and before 24:00) arrives while the first application is being executed, the control unit 23 automatically transitions from the normal mode to the night mode. good. In the night mode, the control unit 23 lowers the brightness of the display unit 22 and lowers the output sound volume of the speaker 26 than in the normal mode. This prevents the input of schedule information and performance information from interfering with sleep.

[Estimated motion]
An estimation operation for estimating the degree of interest of the infant A will be described using the schedule information and performance information input as described above. FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the operation of estimating the degree of interest.

First, the communication unit 41 of the degree-of-interest estimation device 40 receives, from the first information terminal 20, schedule information indicating the schedule of behavior of the infant A and performance information indicating the performance of the behavior of the infant A (S21). The processing unit 42 stores the received schedule information and performance information in the storage unit 43 (S22). The schedule information and the performance information are, for example, periodically transmitted from the first information terminal 20 to the interest degree estimation device 40, but may be transmitted irregularly. The storage unit 43 stores (accumulates) schedule information and performance information for at least a predetermined period, and the degree of interest of the infant A is estimated based on the schedule information and performance information for the predetermined period. The predetermined period is, for example, one month, but may be one week, and is not particularly limited.

After step S22, the communication section 41 receives the conversion parameter information from the second information terminal 30 (S23), and the information processing section 42 stores the received conversion parameter information in the storage section 43 (S24). First, conversion parameter information will be described. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of conversion parameter information.

As will be described later, after the interest level estimation system 10 estimates the second interest level of the infant A for each of a plurality of actions (that is, the interest level for each action), the estimation unit 45 estimates the second interest level as It converts into the first degree of interest of infant A for each of a plurality of genres (that is, the degree of interest for each genre). The conversion parameter information is information used for this conversion. is information (for example, table information) indicating coefficients (parameters) for conversion to . Conversion parameter information is, in other words, information indicating to what extent a certain action applies to each of a plurality of genres.

The multiple genres here are, for example, Japanese, arithmetic, science, and social studies, but these genres are just one example. For example, the number of multiple genres may be three or less, or may be five or more. Also, the plurality of genres may be genres that are different from the learning fields (learning subjects), such as right-brain and left-brain.

The conversion parameter information is manually input to the second information terminal 30 by Teacher C. That is, the relationship between the behavior and the genre indicated by the conversion parameter information is based on Teacher C's subjective evaluation. For example, the control unit 33 of the second information terminal 30 inputs conversion parameter information to the display unit 32 by executing a second application program (hereinafter also referred to as a second application) dedicated to the degree of interest estimation system 10. display the screen. While the input screen is displayed, the operation accepting unit 31 accepts from the teacher C an input operation of the conversion parameter information (in the example of FIG. 14, the numerical values 1 to 5 in the table). The transformation parameter information input in this way is transmitted to the degree-of-interest estimation device 40 by the communication unit 35 .

The conversion parameter information described above, when input by teacher C, reflects the characteristics of the kindergarten classroom that infant A attends (the school to which teacher C belongs) and the class content of the kindergarten classroom. . In other words, the conversion parameter information is different for each kindergarten classroom.

Next, the acquisition unit 44 acquires the schedule information and performance information of the infant A for the predetermined period from the storage unit 43 (S25). (S26). For example, the second degree of interest S of infant A in a certain action is estimated based on the following equation. The second degree of interest S has a value of 0 or more, and the higher the value, the higher the interest.

S=wa*Sa+wb*Sb+wc*Sc+wd*Sd
+we Se + wf Sf + wg Sg

Sa to Sg in the above formula mean the scores corresponding to the items (a) to (g) in FIG. 10, all of which are positive values. The maximum and minimum values of Sa to Sg are set to the same value.

For example, the score Sa is a score based on the cumulative number of times a certain action is selected as a candidate in a predetermined period, and the higher the cumulative number, the higher the score. In other words, the score Sa becomes a higher value for behaviors that are more likely to be selected by the infant A as candidates.

The score Sb is a score based on the cumulative value of the time required to be selected as a candidate, and the smaller the cumulative value, the higher the value. That is, the score Sb takes a higher value as the behavior that the infant A selects as a candidate without hesitation.

The score Sc is a score based on the cumulative number of times a certain action has been selected as the final candidate in a predetermined period, and the higher the cumulative number of times, the higher the value. In other words, the score Sc becomes a higher value as the behavior is more likely to be selected by the infant A as a final candidate.

The score Sd is a score based on the average value of the scheduled implementation order, and the smaller the average scheduled implementation order, the higher the score. That is, the score Sd has a higher value as the action that the infant A is more likely to anticipate first.

The score Se is a score based on the cumulative value of the scheduled implementation time, and the larger the cumulative value, the higher the score. That is, the score Se takes a higher value the longer the action scheduled for the infant A is.

The score Sf is a score based on the average value of the implementation order, and the smaller the average implementation order, the higher the score. That is, the score Sf has a higher value as the action is easier for the infant A to perform first.

The score Sg is a score based on the cumulative value of implementation time, and the larger the cumulative value, the higher the score. That is, the score Sg becomes a higher value as the action performed by the infant A for a longer time.

Also, wa to wg are weights for the scores Sa to Sg and are basically positive values, but may be 0. In other words, the second degree of interest S may be calculated using at least some of the scores Sa to Sg, and it is not essential to be calculated using all of the scores Sa to Sg. Also, wa to wg may be negative values. The values of wa to wg may be appropriately set empirically or experimentally. For example, while the score Sa is a score based on the cumulative number of times selected as a candidate, the score Sc is a score based on the cumulative number of times selected as a final candidate, the score Sc is higher than the score Sa. The degree of influence on the degree of bi-interest S is considered to be high. In such a case, wc>wa is set.

Next, the acquisition unit 44 acquires the conversion parameter information from the storage unit 43 (S27), and the estimation unit 45 converts the second degree-of-interest information obtained in step S26 to the It is converted into single-interest degree information (S28). That is, the estimation unit 45 estimates the first interest level of the infant A for each of the plurality of genres based on the estimated second interest level and the acquired conversion parameter information. FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining a method of converting the second degree-of-interest information into the first degree-of-interest information.

The estimation unit 45 calculates each numerical value (that is, the second degree of interest) in the column of the second degree of interest in the second degree of interest information in (a) of FIG. By multiplying each numerical value (coefficient) in the column of "Japanese language" and totaling the numerical values after the multiplication, the first degree of interest in "Japanese language" can be calculated. Similarly, the estimation unit 45 calculates a first interest level for each of "mathematics", "science", and "social", and normalizes the calculated first interest. As a result, as shown in (c) of FIG. 15, the first interest level information indicating the first interest level of the infant A for each of the plurality of genres is obtained. That is, the estimation unit 45 can convert the second degree-of-interest information (second degree of interest) into first degree-of-interest information (first degree of interest).

The output unit 46 outputs the first level-of-interest information obtained in step S28 (S29), and causes the communication unit 41 to transmit the output first level-of-interest information to the second information terminal 30 (S30). The communication unit 35 of the second information terminal 30 receives the first degree-of-interest information, and the control unit 33 causes the display unit 32 to display an image showing the received first degree-of-interest information. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of an image showing the first degree-of-interest information.

In this way, if the interest level of infant A for each genre (learning field) is displayed on the display unit 32, teacher C can grasp the interest level of infant A and use it for teaching infant A. In other words, the interest level estimation system 10 can assist the teacher C in grasping the interest level of the infant A by providing the interest level for the genre. The teacher C, who has received the level of interest in the genre corresponding to the superordinate concept of behavior, is more likely to set educational guidelines for the child A than in the case of receiving the level of interest in the behavior. For example, when comparing the case where the information that the information that is interested in playing with blocks is provided and the case where the information that the information that is interested in mathematics is provided, Teacher C thinks that the latter is the educational guideline (what kind of teaching materials). should be prepared) is easy to set up.

Note that in step S30, the communication unit 41 may transmit the first degree-of-interest information to the first information terminal 20 instead of or in addition to the second information terminal 30. In this case, the communication unit 25 of the first information terminal 20 receives the first degree-of-interest information, and the control unit 23 causes the display unit 22 to display an image showing the received first degree-of-interest information.

In this way, if the interest level of infant A for each genre (learning field) is displayed on the display unit 22, parent B of infant A can grasp the interest level of infant A. In other words, the interest level estimation system 10 can assist the guardian B in understanding the interest level of the infant A by providing the interest level for the genre. A parent who receives an interest level for a genre corresponding to a higher concept of behavior is more likely to set educational guidelines for the infant A than when receiving an interest level for the behavior. For example, when parents provided information that they were interested in playing with blocks and provided information that they were interested in mathematics, Parent B was more likely to receive educational guidelines (what kind of educational guidelines). (e.g., should I prepare teaching materials, etc.).

Also, in the estimation operation described above, the acquisition unit 44 acquires both the schedule information and the performance information, but the acquisition unit 44 may acquire at least the schedule information. That is, only the schedule information may be used where both the schedule information and the performance information are used in the above embodiment.

Also, the formula used for estimating the second degree of interest in the above estimation operation is an example, and the formula for estimating the second degree of interest may be empirically or experimentally determined as appropriate. A machine learning model may also be used to estimate the second degree of interest. Such a machine learning model receives schedule information and performance information (at least schedule information) as input and outputs second degree-of-interest information. The machine learning model can construct, as learning data, schedule information and performance information (at least schedule information) to which the subjective evaluation result of the degree of interest for each action is assigned as a correct label.

[Effects, etc.]
As described above, the interest level estimation system 10 includes the acquisition unit 44 that acquires the schedule information indicating the schedule of behavior of the infant A based on the user's input operation, and based on the acquired schedule information: , an estimating unit 45 for estimating the first degree of interest of the infant A in each of a plurality of genres related to the behavior of the infant A, and an output unit 46 for outputting first degree-of-interest information indicating the estimated first degree of interest. Prepare. The input operations include a selection operation for selecting a plurality of candidates for the behavior that infant A wishes to perform during the target period, a selection operation for selecting a plurality of final candidates from among the plurality of candidates, and a target period. , and the operation of specifying the time allocation for each of the plurality of final candidates in the target period.

Such an interest level estimation system 10 can estimate the first interest level of the infant A for each of a plurality of genres related to the behavior of the infant A.

Also, for example, the schedule information includes information indicating the period required for each of the multiple candidates to be selected, and information indicating whether or not each of the multiple candidates has been selected as the final candidate.

Such an interest level estimation system 10, based on information indicating the period required for each of the plurality of candidates to be selected, and information indicating whether each of the plurality of candidates was selected as the final candidate, Infant A's first degree of interest can be estimated.

Further, for example, the interest level estimation system 10 includes an interest level estimation device 40 including an acquisition unit 44, an estimation unit 45, and an output unit 46, and a first information terminal that communicates with the interest level estimation device 40. The acquisition unit 44 acquires schedule information based on the user's input operation to the first information terminal 20 .

Such an interest level estimation system 10 can estimate the first interest level of the infant A based on the schedule information input to the first information terminal 20 .

Further, for example, the first information terminal 20 includes a display unit 22 that displays the schedule of behavior of the infant A determined by the schedule information and the performance of the behavior of the infant A side by side.

Such an interest degree estimation system 10 can assist the user in looking back on how the performance of the activity was compared to the schedule of the activity.

Also, for example, the first information terminal 20 includes a display unit 22 that displays calendar information indicating whether or not an input operation has been performed for each date.

Such an interest level estimation system 10 can increase the user's willingness to input schedule information and performance information.

Also, for example, the user is at least one of infant A and infant A's guardian B.

Such an interest level estimation system 10 can estimate the first interest level of the infant A based on the schedule information input by at least one of the infant A and the guardian B of the infant A.

Further, for example, the acquisition unit 44 further acquires performance information indicating the performance performance of the infant A, and the estimation unit 45 calculates the first interest based on the acquired schedule information and the acquired performance information. Estimate degrees.

Such an interest level estimation system 10 can estimate the first interest level of the infant A for each of a plurality of genres related to the behavior of the infant A using the schedule information as well as the performance information.

Further, for example, the estimation unit 45 estimates the second degree of interest of the infant A for each of the plurality of actions based on the acquired schedule information, and the acquisition unit 44 further calculates the second degree of interest as the first interest. Conversion parameter information for conversion into degrees is acquired, and the estimation unit 45 estimates the first interest level based on the estimated second interest level and the acquired conversion information. Conversion parameter information is an example of conversion information.

Such an interest level estimation system 10 can estimate the first level of interest of infant A in each of a plurality of genres based on the second level of interest of infant A in each of a plurality of behaviors.

Further, for example, the conversion parameter information is input to the second information terminal 30 by the teacher of the kindergarten classroom that the child A attends, and the acquisition unit 44 acquires the conversion information based on the input operation to the second information terminal 30 by the teacher C. get.

Such an interest level estimation system 10 can estimate the first interest level of the infant A based on the transformation parameter information input by the teacher C.

Further, the interest level estimation method executed by a computer such as the interest level estimation system 10 includes an acquisition step S25 of acquiring schedule information indicating a schedule of behavior of the infant A, which is schedule information based on the user's input operation; An estimation step S28 of estimating the first degree of interest of the infant A in each of a plurality of genres related to the behavior of the infant A based on the scheduled information thus obtained, and generating first degree-of-interest information indicating the estimated first degree of interest. and an output step S29 for outputting. The input operations include a selection operation for selecting a plurality of candidates for the behavior that infant A wishes to perform during the target period, a selection operation for selecting a plurality of final candidates from among the plurality of candidates, and a target period. , and the operation of specifying the time allocation for each of the plurality of final candidates in the target period.

Such an interest degree estimation method can estimate the first degree of interest of infant A in each of a plurality of genres related to infant A's behavior.

(Other embodiments)
Although the embodiments have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

For example, in the above embodiment, the second information terminal was used by a teacher in a kindergarten classroom, but it may also be used by a nursery teacher (employee of a nursery school or kindergarten). Also, in the above embodiment, the genre was explained as the learning field, but it may be the action field, the work field, or the like.

Also, in the above embodiment, the degree-of-interest estimation system is implemented by a plurality of devices, but may be implemented as a single device. For example, the interest estimation system may be implemented as a single device corresponding to the interest estimation device. When the degree-of-interest estimation system is implemented by multiple devices, the components included in the degree-of-interest estimation system may be distributed among the multiple devices in any way.

Also, the communication method between devices in the above embodiment is not particularly limited. Further, a relay device (not shown) may intervene in communication between devices.

Further, in the above embodiment, the processing executed by a specific processing unit may be executed by another processing unit. For example, in the above embodiments, the first information terminal or the second information terminal may perform part or all of the processing performed by the interest level estimation device. In addition, the order of multiple processes may be changed, and multiple processes may be executed in parallel.

Also, in the above embodiments, each component may be realized by executing a software program suitable for each component. Each component may be realized by reading and executing a software program recorded in a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory by a program execution unit such as a CPU or processor.

Also, each component may be realized by hardware. For example, each component may be a circuit (or integrated circuit). These circuits may form one circuit as a whole, or may be separate circuits. These circuits may be general-purpose circuits or dedicated circuits.

Also, general or specific aspects of the present invention may be implemented in a system, apparatus, method, integrated circuit, computer program, or recording medium such as a computer-readable CD-ROM. Also, any combination of systems, devices, methods, integrated circuits, computer programs and recording media may be implemented.

For example, the present invention may be implemented as an interest level estimation method executed by a computer such as an interest level estimation system, or may be implemented as a program for causing a computer to execute such an interest level estimation method. Further, the present invention may be implemented as an application program (that is, a first application or a second application) for operating a general-purpose computer as the first information terminal or second information terminal of the above embodiments. The present invention may be implemented as a computer-readable non-temporary recording medium on which these programs are recorded.

In addition, forms obtained by applying various modifications to each embodiment that a person skilled in the art can think of, or realized by arbitrarily combining the constituent elements and functions of each embodiment without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Also included in the present invention.

10 Interest level estimation system 20 First information terminal 30 Second information terminal 44 Acquisition unit 45 Estimation unit 46 Output unit A Toddler B Parent C Teacher

Claims

an acquisition unit that acquires schedule information indicating a schedule of actions of an infant based on a user's input operation;
an estimation unit for estimating the infant's first degree of interest in each of a plurality of genres related to the infant's behavior based on the acquired schedule information;
an output unit that outputs first degree-of-interest information indicating the estimated first degree-of-interest,
The input operation includes:
A selection operation for selecting a plurality of candidates for the behavior that the infant wishes to perform during the target period;
A selection operation for selecting a plurality of final candidates from among the plurality of candidates;
Specifying the order of implementation of the plurality of final candidates in the target period; and
A degree-of-interest estimation system that includes an operation of specifying a time allocation for each of the plurality of final candidates in the target period.
The schedule information includes information indicating a period required for each of the plurality of candidates to be selected, and information indicating whether each of the plurality of candidates has been selected as the final candidate. 2. The degree-of-interest estimation system according to 1.
The interest degree estimation system includes:
an interest degree estimation device including the acquisition unit, the estimation unit, and the output unit;
A first information terminal that communicates with the interest level estimation device,
The degree-of-interest estimation system according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition unit acquires the schedule information based on the input operation to the first information terminal by the user.
4. The interest level estimation system according to claim 3, wherein the first information terminal includes a display unit that displays, side by side, the action schedule of the infant determined by the schedule information and the action record of the infant.
4. The interest degree estimation system according to claim 3, wherein the first information terminal includes a display unit that displays calendar information indicating whether or not the input operation has been performed for each date.
The interest level estimation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the user is at least one of the infant and the guardian of the infant.
The acquisition unit further acquires track record information indicating a track record of behavior of the infant,
The degree-of-interest estimation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the estimation unit estimates the first degree of interest based on the acquired schedule information and the acquired performance information.
The estimating unit estimates a second degree of interest of the infant in each of a plurality of behaviors based on the acquired schedule information,
The acquisition unit further acquires conversion information for converting the second degree of interest into the first degree of interest,
The degree of interest according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the estimation unit estimates the first degree of interest based on the estimated second degree of interest and the acquired conversion information. estimation system.
The conversion information is input to a second information terminal by a teacher in the kindergarten classroom that the infant attends,
The degree-of-interest estimation system according to claim 8, wherein the acquisition unit acquires the conversion information based on an input operation to the second information terminal by the teacher.
A computer-implemented degree-of-interest estimation method comprising:
an acquiring step of acquiring schedule information indicating a schedule of actions of the infant, which schedule information is based on a user's input operation;
an estimation step of estimating the infant's first degree of interest in each of a plurality of genres related to the infant's behavior based on the acquired schedule information;
and an output step of outputting first degree-of-interest information indicating the estimated first degree of interest;
The input operation includes:
A selection operation for selecting a plurality of candidates for actions that the infant wishes to perform during the target period;
A selection operation for selecting a plurality of final candidates from among the plurality of candidates;
Specifying the order of implementation of the plurality of final candidates in the target period; and
A method of estimating a degree of interest, including specifying a time allocation for each of the plurality of final candidates in the target period.
A program for causing a computer to execute the degree-of-interest estimation method according to claim 10.