Visual information presentation medium

Abstract

To provide an information presentation medium that presents information step by step and visually, and supports the promotion of learners' understanding and the fixation of memory. 【Solution means】 A strip-shaped information presentation medium 100, having a plurality of first information presentation areas 122a to 122g on the front surface 120 and a plurality of second information presentation areas 142a to 142g on the back surface 140. Each of the first information presentation areas is configured such that a first main surface on which first main information is displayed can be opened and closed. When the first main surface is opened, a first supplementary information presentation surface located on the back surface of the first main surface and a second supplementary information presentation surface located on the side opposite to the first supplementary information presentation surface appear. Each of the second information presentation areas is configured such that a second main surface on which second main information is displayed can be opened and closed. When the second main surface is opened, a third supplementary information presentation surface located on the back surface of the second main surface and a fourth supplementary information presentation surface located on the side opposite to the third supplementary information presentation surface appear.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an information presentation medium used for teaching materials, educational aids, visual learning support tools, and the like.

Background Art

[0002] Many conventional information presentation media display information unidirectionally and flatly, and there are limited teaching materials with a structure that allows learners to actively obtain information visually and step by step while operating actively by themselves. In particular, for infants, the elderly, or learners who require support for cognitive functions, a teaching material structure that combines operability and visibility for promoting understanding has been strongly demanded.

[0003] In addition, in conventional teaching materials, it is common to print and present learning contents such as characters, pronunciations, and phrases on paper, and these are in a form in which learners passively receive information. With such a configuration, since it lacks organization and operability of information, it is difficult to sustain the interest and concentration of learners, and in particular, the element of active learning of "learning by self-disclosure" is scarce. As a result, there has been a problem that it is difficult to effectively link visual stimuli and the fixation of memory.

[0004] Furthermore, with the progress of the information society in recent years, the operation of personal computers (PCs) and digital devices has come to be required as an everyday skill, and the understanding and acquisition of keyboard operation are increasing in importance as basic information literacy. For example, in Patent Document 1, as a memorization support program for supporting memorization learning, a memorization support program has been proposed in which an area corresponding to information to be memorized is made invisible, and when information corresponding to the invisible area is input, the invisible area is made visible.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0006] However, for the elderly and beginners, it is often difficult to visually remember the layout of the keyboard. Conventional static and symbolic arrangement diagrams or printed materials have limitations in assisting with such acquisition. For this reason, there has been a strong desire to provide a teaching material structure that has excellent visibility, presents information step by step, and promotes learning in conjunction with physical operations.

[0007] In addition, in learning support tools represented by Patent Document 1 and the like, cost and ease of production are also important factors, and it is also important that they can be produced using inexpensive and general-purpose materials without using expensive electronic devices or special members. Especially in situations where the education budget is limited or for personal use, the usefulness of such low-cost and high-function learning media can be said to be extremely high.

[0008] As an information medium that can be created at low cost, information media using paper cards are also widely used. However, in conventional card-type information media, since the cards exist as individual units, when searching for a card on which necessary information is described, it is necessary to manually select the target card each time, and in many cases, the visibility and accessibility are inferior. Also, there is a risk of easy loss and scattering during learning or storage, and it was particularly difficult to manage for the young and the elderly.

[0009] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an information presentation medium that uses an inexpensive material such as paper, has an integrated structure, presents information step by step and visually, and supports the promotion of understanding and the fixation of memory of learners.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0010] To achieve the above object, the information presentation medium of the present invention is a strip-shaped information presentation medium, having a plurality of first information presentation areas on the surface, It has a plurality of second information presentation areas on the back side, Each of the first information presentation areas is configured to be openable and closable with a first folding portion as an axis, and a first main surface on which first main information is displayed. When the first main surface is opened, a first supplementary information presentation surface located on the back surface of the first main surface and on which first supplementary information corresponding to the first main information is displayed, and a second supplementary information presentation surface located on the side opposite to the first supplementary information presentation surface via the first folding portion and on which second supplementary information corresponding to the first main information is displayed, are configured to appear. Each of the second information presentation areas is configured to be openable and closable with a second folding portion as an axis, and a second main surface on which second main information is displayed. When the second main surface is opened, a third supplementary information presentation surface located on the back surface of the second main surface and on which third supplementary information corresponding to the second main information is displayed, and a fourth supplementary information presentation surface located on the side opposite to the third supplementary information presentation surface via the second folding portion and on which fourth supplementary information corresponding to the second main information is displayed, are configured to appear, which is characterized in that.

Advantages of the Invention

[0011] The information presentation medium according to this embodiment uses an inexpensive material such as paper, While being an integral structure, It is possible to provide an information presentation medium that presents information step by step and visually, and supports the promotion of learners' understanding and the fixation of memory.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Modes for Carrying Out the Invention

[0013] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the information presentation medium according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the components described in the following embodiments are examples, and are not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention only thereto.

[0014] (Overall Configuration) Fig. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of the overall configuration of an example of the information presentation medium according to the present embodiment. As shown in Fig. 1, the information presentation medium 100 according to the present embodiment is a strip-shaped information presentation medium, which has a plurality of first information presentation areas 122 on the front surface 120 and a plurality of second information presentation areas 142 on the back surface 140.

[0015] The information presentation medium 100 can be composed of paper, synthetic paper, or a synthetic resin sheet, etc. However, from the viewpoint of production cost, etc., it is preferable to use paper.

[0016] In the example shown in Fig. 1, for the sake of explanation, the plurality of first information presentation areas 122 and the plurality of second information presentation areas 142 have seven first information presentation areas 122 from 122a to 122g and seven second information presentation areas 142 from 142a to 142g. However, the present invention is not limited in this regard, and a configuration having any plurality of information presentation areas may be used.

[0017] Each of the first information presentation areas 122a to 122g and each of the second information presentation areas 142a to 142g corresponding to the back surface thereof usually have the same size, and the plurality of first information presentation areas 122a to 122g (and the second information presentation areas 142a to 142g) are sequentially connected via third folding portions 160a to 160f (or the fourth folding portion 165 described later). At this time, the folding directions of the adjacent folding portions are configured to be alternately valley folds and mountain folds, whereby the entire strip-shaped information presentation medium 100 is configured to be foldable in a bellows shape.

[0018] Note that one end of the second information presentation area 142 on the back surface 140 (the position of the second information presentation area 142a), and one end of the first information presentation area 142 on the front surface 120 (the position of the first information presentation area 142g) may be configured as the front cover and the back cover, respectively, without being information presentation areas.

[0019] Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the detailed configurations of the first information presentation area 122 and the second information presentation area 142 will be described. FIG. 2 shows a schematic top view of an example of the first information presentation area of the information presentation medium according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 2, only the first information presentation area on the front surface of the information presentation medium according to the present embodiment will be described. However, since the same configuration is applied to the second information presentation area on the back surface, a part of the corresponding second information presentation area is also shown in parentheses for reference. Note that the first main information 126 corresponds to the second main information 146, the first main surface 128 corresponds to the second main surface 148, the supplementary information 130 corresponds to the supplementary information 150, the first supplementary information presentation surface 132 corresponds to the third supplementary information presentation surface 152, and the second supplementary information presentation surface 134 corresponds to the fourth supplementary information presentation surface 154, respectively.

[0020] The first information presentation area 122a shown in FIG. 2(a) is configured such that the first main surface 128 on which the first main information 126 is displayed can be opened and closed about the first folding portion 124a. In the example shown in FIG. 2(a), as shown in the left diagram of FIG. 2(a), the first main surface 128 can be opened and closed in the horizontal direction (the length direction of the information presentation medium) as shown in the right diagram of FIG. 2(a) about the first folding portion 124a. As will be described later, when the first main surface 128 is opened and closed in the horizontal direction, this opening and closing structure is preferably a butterfly opening structure.

[0021] Also, the first information presentation area 122b shown in FIG. 2(b) is configured such that the first main surface 128 can be opened and closed in the vertical direction (the width direction of the information presentation medium) as shown in the right diagram of FIG. 2(b) about the first folding portion 124b as shown in the left diagram of FIG. 2(b). In the example shown in FIG. 2(b), an example in which the first main surface 128 can be opened and closed upward is shown, but it may be configured to be opened and closed downward.

[0022] In any of the examples of FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b), when the first main surface 128 is opened, a first supplementary information presentation surface 132 that is located on the back surface of the first main surface 128 and on which first supplementary information 130a corresponding to the first main information 126 is displayed, and a second supplementary information presentation surface 134 that is located on the side opposite to the first supplementary information presentation surface 132 via the first folding portion 124 and on which second supplementary information 130b corresponding to the first main information 126 is displayed appear.

[0023] The length of the first main surface 128 (and the first supplementary information presentation surface 132 corresponding to the back surface thereof) is preferably shorter than the length of the second supplementary information presentation surface 142. By making the length of the first main surface 128 shorter than the length of the second supplementary information presentation surface 142, it becomes easier for the user to open and close the first main surface 128, which is preferable.

[0024] Regarding the content of the first main information 126, the first supplementary information 130a corresponding to the first main information 126, and the second supplementary information 130b, in the example shown in FIG. 2, as an example of PC keyboard layout learning, in the first main information, for example, character information such as "a" is configured to be visually recognized. In the corresponding first supplementary information 130a, for example, diagram information visually showing the hand placement when typing "a" on the PC keyboard is adopted, and in the second supplementary information 130b, diagram information visually showing the position of "a" on the keyboard is adopted. However, the present invention is not limited to this point. For example, learning assistance for alphabets and phonetic symbols, support for reading and writing hiragana and katakana, word cards, language phonetic learning such as presenting sets of pronunciations and sentence examples, presenting examples of multiplication tables and calculation formulas, presenting element symbols, chemical reaction formulas and their images, basic science learning such as presenting unit conversions and formulas step by step, cognitive stimulation teaching materials involving finger movements, teaching materials for re-learning of daily vocabulary, colors, shapes, and sense of direction, teaching materials for the elderly and dementia prevention such as memory recall training, for children with autism or developmental disorders, presenting in a visually dominant manner, learning support combined with tactile and operating movements, auxiliary teaching materials for the disabled such as action support using pictograms and picture cards, presenting evacuation routes and action manuals step by step, presenting action procedures such as handwashing and how to wear a mask, disaster prevention, medical, and health education teaching materials such as step display teaching materials for first aid and medication guidance, teaching materials for home learning such as how to read numbers and clocks, how to use a calendar, home rules, and the order of daily actions, presenting cooking recipes and other various work process manuals step by step, disclosing supplementary information on operation procedures and dangerous locations, visualizing quality control, inspection lists, and checking methods for corporate training and manual presentation, etc., various applications are possible.

[0025] Next, an example of the method for creating an information presentation medium according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0026] (Example 1) FIG. 3 shows a schematic perspective view for explaining an example of creating an information presentation medium according to the present embodiment. More specifically, it is a schematic perspective view for explaining an example of creating an information presentation medium when the first main surface and the second main surface can be opened and closed in the horizontal direction (the length direction of the strip-shaped information presentation medium), and the opening and closing structure has a double-leaf structure.

[0027] As shown in FIG. 3, when creating the information presentation medium 100 according to the first embodiment, in order to create the first information presentation area 122 on the surface 120 of the information presentation medium 100, a strip-shaped paper member 170a is prepared and folded in a double-fold manner with the surface on which the first main information 126 is displayed facing the back. As a result, a first information presentation area 122 is formed in which the first main information 126 can be opened and closed about the first fold 124 in the left-right direction. Note that the first main information, the first supplementary information, and the second supplementary information are printed on the paper member 170a in advance at corresponding positions and orientations. In this embodiment, two first information presentation areas 122a-1 and 122a-2 will be formed for one paper member 170a.

[0028] In the example shown in FIG. 3, since four strip-shaped paper members 170a, 170b, 170c, and 170d are prepared, an example is shown in which eight first information presentation areas 122a-1, 122a-2, 122b-1, 122b-2, 122c-1, 122c-2, 122d-1, and 122d-2 are formed. However, any desired number of paper members 170 (and paper members 180) may be prepared.

[0029] Also, in order to create the second information presentation area 142 on the back surface 140 of the information presentation medium 100, a strip-shaped paper member 180a is prepared and folded in a double-fold manner so as to form the first fold 124. Note that the second main information, the third supplementary information, and the fourth supplementary information are printed on the paper member 180a in advance at corresponding positions and orientations. In this embodiment, two second information presentation areas 142a-1 and 142a-2 will be formed for one paper member 180a.

[0030] In the example shown in FIG. 3, since four strip-shaped paper members 180a, 180b, 180c, and 180d are prepared, an example is shown in which eight second information presentation areas 142a-1, 142a-2, 142b-1, 142b-2, 142c-1, 142c-2, 142d-1, and 142d-2 are formed.

[0031] For a total of eight surfaces, four front surfaces and four back surfaces, formed by the accordion folding of a single strip-shaped paper member 170a, two sets of three pieces of information, namely first main information, first supplementary information, and second supplementary information, are printed. Similarly, for a total of eight surfaces, four front surfaces and four back surfaces, formed by the accordion folding of a single strip-shaped paper member 180a, two sets of three pieces of information, namely second main information, third supplementary information, and fourth supplementary information, are printed. Therefore, two blank surfaces 172a and 172b are formed on the back side of the second supplementary information presentation surfaces 134a and 134b of the paper member 170a, and two blank surfaces 182a and 182b are formed on the back side of the fourth supplementary information surfaces 154a and 154b of the paper member 180a.

[0032] Here, it is preferable to create the information presentation medium according to this embodiment by connecting the paper member 170 and the paper member 180 such that only one of the two blank surfaces 172a and 172b of a single strip-shaped paper member 170a is bonded to only one of the two blank surfaces 182a and 182b of a single strip-shaped paper member 180a via a known adhesive or the like. More specifically, in the example shown in FIG. 3, an example is shown where the blank surface 182a and the blank surface 172b are bonded, and the blank surface 172c of the paper member 170b is bonded to the blank surface 182b.

[0033] By bonding only one of the blank surfaces of a single paper member 170a and only one of the blank surfaces of a single paper member 180a as described above, an information presentation medium having an accordion-shaped accordion folding structure as a whole can be formed.

[0034] Note that after bonding the paper member 170 and the paper member 180, the boundaries of each first information presentation region 122, that is, the first folding portions 124 (which also correspond to the third folding portion 160 in this embodiment), are alternately valley-folded and mountain-folded so that the whole is folded into an accordion shape and becomes a continuous structure.

[0035] (Example 2) FIG. 4 shows a schematic perspective view for explaining another creation example of the information presentation medium according to the present embodiment. More specifically, it is a schematic perspective view for explaining a creation example of the information presentation medium when the first main surface and the second main surface can be opened and closed in the vertical direction (the width direction of the strip-shaped information presentation medium).

[0036] As shown in FIG. 4, when creating the information presentation medium 100 according to the second embodiment, in order to create the first information presentation area 122 on the surface 120 of the information presentation medium 100, a strip-shaped paper member 190 is prepared. Note that on the paper member 190, the first main information, the first supplementary information, and the second supplementary information are printed in advance at corresponding positions and orientations for a plurality of first information presentation areas partitioned at a predetermined pitch. In this embodiment, only four first information presentation areas 122a-1, 122a-2, 122a-3, and 122a-4 are shown by solid lines for one paper member 190, but as shown by the dotted lines, a plurality of additional first information presentation areas may be created.

[0037] With the surface on which the first main information 126 is displayed as the back surface, the strip-shaped paper member 190 is valley-folded approximately at the center in the width direction. Thereby, a first information presentation area 122 is formed in which the first main information 126 can be opened and closed about the first folding portion 124 in the vertical direction.

[0038] Similarly, in order to create the second information presentation area 142 on the back surface 140 of the information presentation medium 100, a strip-shaped paper member 200 having the same size as the paper member 190 is prepared. Note that on the paper member 200, the second main information, the third supplementary information, and the fourth supplementary information are printed in advance at corresponding positions and orientations for a plurality of second information presentation areas partitioned at a predetermined pitch. In this embodiment, only three second information presentation areas 142a-1, 142a-2, and 142a-3 are shown by solid lines for one paper member 200, but as shown by the dotted lines, a plurality of additional second information presentation areas may be created.

[0039] With respect to the belt-shaped paper member 200, it is valley-folded at approximately the center in the width direction with the surface on which the second main information 146 is displayed as the back surface. As a result, a second information presentation area 142 is formed in which the second main information 146 is configured to be openable and closable about the second fold 144 in the vertical direction.

[0040] Then, the blank surfaces 192 and 202 of the paper member 190 and the paper member 200 are bonded together, and at the boundary of each first information presentation area 122, that is, at the fourth fold 165, valley folds and mountain folds are alternately applied so that the whole is folded into a bellows shape and becomes a continuous structure. Note that one end of the second information presentation area 142 on the back surface 140 and one end of the first information presentation area 142 on the front surface 120 may be configured as a front cover and a back cover, respectively, without being information presentation areas. In this case, the paper member 180 and the paper member 190 are bonded together with a shift of the pitch of one first information presentation area.

[0041] The information presentation medium according to the present embodiment promotes active learning by the user himself / herself through an operation of "opening" information by opening it horizontally (butterfly opening) or vertically. In addition, visual information can be presented step by step, and the fixation rate of memory is improved. Further, due to the origami structure, portability and other informationization are compatible, so it functions as a teaching material having visibility, portability, and a sense of play, and can be widely applied to multiple fields.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0042] 100 Information presentation medium 120 Front surface 122 First information presentation area 124 First fold 126 First main information 128 First main surface 130 Supplementary information 132 First supplementary information presentation surface 134 Second supplementary information presentation surface 140 Back surface 142 Second information presentation area 144 Second fold 146 Second main information 148 Second main surface 150 Supplementary information 152 Third supplementary information presentation surface 154 Fourth supplementary information presentation surface 160 Third fold 165 Fourth fold 170 Paper member 172 Blank surface 180 Paper member 182 Blank surface 190 Paper member 192 Blank surface 200 Paper member 202 Blank surface

Claims

1. A strip-shaped information presentation medium, having a plurality of first information presentation areas on the front surface, having a plurality of second information presentation areas on the back surface, each of the first information presentation areas is configured to be openable and closable such that a first main surface on which first main information is displayed is pivotable about a first folding portion; when the first main surface is opened, a first supplementary information presentation surface located on the back surface of the first main surface and on which supplementary information corresponding to the first main information is displayed, and a second supplementary information presentation surface located on the side opposite to the first supplementary information presentation surface via the first folding portion and on which supplementary information corresponding to the first main information is displayed, appear; each of the second information presentation areas is configured to be openable and closable such that a second main surface on which second main information is displayed is pivotable about a second folding portion; when the second main surface is opened, a third supplementary information presentation surface located on the back surface of the second main surface and on which supplementary information corresponding to the second main information is displayed, and a fourth supplementary information presentation surface located on the side opposite to the third supplementary information presentation surface via the second folding portion and on which supplementary information corresponding to the second main information is displayed, appear, the information presentation medium.

2. The first main surface and the second main surface are openable and closable in the horizontal direction and have a double-gate opening structure, the plurality of first information presentation areas are sequentially connected via a third folding portion, and the folding directions of the adjacent third folding portions are configured to be alternately valley folds and mountain folds, The information presentation medium according to claim 1.

3. The first main surface and the second main surface are openable and closable in the vertical direction, the plurality of first information presentation areas are sequentially connected via a fourth folding portion, and the folding directions of the adjacent fourth folding portions are configured to be alternately valley folds and mountain folds, The information presentation medium according to claim 1.

4. The lengths of the first main surface and the first supplementary information presentation surface are configured to be shorter than the length of the second supplementary information presentation surface, The lengths of the second main surface and the third supplementary information presentation surface are configured to be shorter than the length of the fourth supplementary information presentation surface, The information presentation medium according to claim 1.

5. The information presentation medium is composed of paper, synthetic paper, or a synthetic resin sheet. The information presentation medium according to claim 1.

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