Assignment Submission Control Using Response Completion Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional technologies fail to engage learners seriously in assignments, leading to incomplete or unsatisfactory submissions, which burdens instructors and guardians with additional work.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that analyzes response completion degree without considering scoring criteria, transmitting data only if the analysis meets a predetermined condition, thereby ensuring serious engagement and submission of assignments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If response data is transmitted without completion analysis, then submission process is simple and fast, but learners do not engage seriously and submission quality deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesubmission process simplicityVSAvoidsubmission quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs completion degree analysis before allowing assignment submission. The analysis unit evaluates whether the learner has sufficiently engaged with the assignment content by checking if required response fields are filled and if responses meet minimum quality thresholds. Only when the completion degree exceeds the threshold is the submission permitted, ensuring quality control before the actual submission action occurs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If completion analysis is performed before submission, then learner engagement improves and submission quality increases, but processing time and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesubmission qualityVSAvoidsystem processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides the submission process into distinct functional segments: an analysis unit that evaluates completion degree, a determination unit that compares against thresholds, and a submission unit that executes the transfer. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently, with the analysis unit focusing only on completion criteria rather than full content evaluation, thereby managing complexity while maintaining quality control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Measurement precision

If all response data is transmitted for scoring, then comprehensive evaluation is possible, but workload for instructors and guardians increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevaluation comprehensivenessVSAvoidworkload time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and filters out incomplete or insufficient responses before transmission to instructors and guardians. By performing completion degree analysis and comparing results against predetermined thresholds, the system extracts only those responses that meet minimum quality standards for further evaluation. This prevents the transmission of clearly incomplete submissions, thereby reducing the workload on instructors and guardians while maintaining comprehensive evaluation of qualifying responses.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS20260025469A1Information processing apparatus, control method for information processing apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium storing program
Publication Date: 2026.01.22 CANON KK
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus, including: an obtaining unit configured to obtain response data for an assignment to be scored; a processing unit configured to perform processing to analyze a response completion degree in the response data obtained by the obtaining unit, without regard to a criterion for scoring; and a control unit configured to perform control to: in a case where a result of the analysis satisfies a predetermined condition, transmit the response data to a first transmission destination corresponding to an assignment submission destination based on a first operation for submitting the assignment; and in a case where the result of the analysis does not satisfy the predetermined condition, not transmit the response data to the first transmission destination based on the first operation.