Information Processing Apparatus Learning Theme Association

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Solution Overview

Problem

Students face difficulty in finding exercise data with a common learning theme during lesson review, as it is cumbersome to detect relevant data among a large collection of exercise data stored in the server.

Innovation Solution

The information processing system associates board-written data with exercise data having a common learning theme, allowing for efficient storage and retrieval of relevant exercise data by linking lesson information input on an interactive whiteboard with corresponding exercise data in the server.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If exercise data is stored in a large collection in the server, then the quantity of exercise data available for students increases, but the difficulty of detecting relevant exercise data with common learning themes increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequantity of exercise dataVSAvoiddifficulty of detecting relevant exercise data
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The server performs preliminary association between board-written data and exercise data based on learning themes before students need to find them. The association processing portion pre-links exercise data with corresponding board-written data using learning theme information, so when students request exercise data, the relevant data is already organized and ready for retrieval without requiring students to manually search through the large collection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If students manually search through large collection of exercise data, then they can find relevant data, but the time and effort required to locate relevant materials increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of finding relevant exercise dataVSAvoidtime to locate relevant materials
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The server acts as an intermediary between students and the large collection of exercise data. The transmission portion receives student requests, queries the associated exercise data based on learning themes, and returns only the relevant results. This intermediary processing eliminates the need for students to manually search through the entire database, significantly reducing time while ensuring completeness of relevant results.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of manufacture

If exercise data is transmitted without association to board-written data, then transmission simplicity is maintained, but learning theme relevance and review effectiveness decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesimplicity of data transmissionVSAvoidlearning theme relevance
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary association processing between board-written data and exercise data based on learning themes before transmission. The association processing portion creates links between these data types using learning theme information, ensuring that when exercise data is transmitted to students, it is already filtered and associated with relevant board-written content, maintaining both transmission efficiency and learning relevance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10223928B2Information processing apparatus, information processing method
Publication Date: 2019.03.05 KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes a first storage portion, a second storage portion, a board-written data obtaining portion, a storage processing portion, and a first data processing portion. The first storage portion stores one or more pieces of board-written data which each includes lesson information that was input to a board surface. The second storage portion stores one or more pieces of exercise data. The board-written data obtaining portion obtains a piece of board-written data. The storage processing portion stores, in the first storage portion, the piece of board-written data obtained by the board-written data obtaining portion. The first data processing portion associates the piece of board-written data stored in the first storage portion by the storage processing portion, with a piece of exercise data whose learning theme is common to a learning theme of lesson information included in the piece of board-written data.