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7614880 |
Method and apparatus for a phoneme playback system for enhancing language learning skills
Certain aspects of the invention may be found in a method and apparatus for aiding language pronunciation. In an aspect of the invention, based on at least one triggering event, an audio enabled...
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7607918 |
Method and system for spatial, appearance and acoustic coding of words and sentences
A method encodes a word or words. A sequential input string of symbols representing a word or a plurality of words is parsed into segments. A graph is constructed having spatial levels, each level...
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7601065 |
System and method for playing a game
A system for playing a game comprises a game unit and a number of mobile terminals which can communicate with the game unit. The game unit is arranged for sending a game code to one or more mobile...
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7524191 |
System and method for language instruction
A system and method for language instruction is provided. In an embodiment, a method of language instruction is provided which comprises presenting a first description of an event responsive to a...
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7413442 |
Learning support system
A learning support system has an information processing apparatus, a portable information terminal and a learning management server which are connected through a network. The information processing...
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7359859 |
Computer-based training system and method for enhancing language listening comprehension
The specification discloses a computer-based system and method for enhancing language listening comprehension. The system and method perform analyses according to the answers entered by the...
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7357639 |
Method for communicating using pictograms
A device for communicating, preferably between two people who could not normally orally communicate, by at least one user pointing to pictograms on the device. The device can be a static medium...
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7252510 |
Entertainment device and method of using the same
An entertainment device that includes an output generator that produces audible outputs is disclosed. The output generator produces outputs in response to user inputs. In one embodiment, the...
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7234941 |
Toy for use with vertical surfaces
An interactive educational apparatus is described. The educational toy apparatus includes an indicium containing structure and a base unit capable of being vertically attached to a vertical surface...
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7217135 |
Electronic educational toy having a contact-sensitive display screen
An electronic educational toy designed to teach letters, words and numbers and stimulate the development of a child's mind using audio feedback, the educational toy including an enclosure enclosing...
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7214066 |
Computer software and portable memory for an electronic educational toy having a contact sensitive display screen
Computer software and portable memory for an electronic educational toy designed to stimulate the development of a child's mind using audio feedback, the educational toy including an enclosure...
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7203455 |
Interactive multi-sensory reading system electronic teaching/learning device
An electronic learning/teaching device operates with and without a printed sheet element having an arrangement of selectable content by means of a user responsive sensor array beneath a surface...
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7192283 |
System and method for visual analysis of word frequency and distribution in a text
A main computer processing system accesses a text, counts the number of times each word appears, and arranges the words on the display in a way that makes understanding the text easier. On the...
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7182600 |
Method and system for teaching vocabulary
A method using a spatial-temporal software game for both teaching math concepts to a child and for scoring the child's proficiency in these math concepts. These scores are compared with the child's...
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7175438 |
Fast typing system and method
A method of interpreting keypad input includes identifying a first letter of a target word from activation of an initial key, identifying a set of possible intermediate letters of the target word...
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7168953 |
Trainable videorealistic speech animation
A method and apparatus for videorealistic, speech animation is disclosed. A human subject is recorded using a video camera as he/she utters a predetermined speech corpus. After processing the...
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7167822 |
System from preparing language learning materials to teaching language, and language teaching system
Learning materials of an Ueda Method can be distributed to teachers and learners through a computer network, and a teacher can effectively teach a language using the distributed learning materials...
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7154415 |
Celestial body communication techniques
In a communication technique using the apparent distribution of stars and other celestial bodies visible from the earth to generate codes corresponding to communication characters such as the...
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7153139 |
Language learning system and method with a visualized pronunciation suggestion
A language learning system and method with a visualized pronunciation suggestion is disclosed. A sound wave corresponding to a sample voice output is used to suggest the user to make corrections...
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7150630 |
Method and apparatus for automated training of language learning skills
A computer program for execution on a computing device is provided to cross-train students in language development skills such as letter-word correspondence, word recognition, vocabulary, and...
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7146128 |
Scoring method and scoring system
A scoring method and a scoring system perform scoring quickly and accurately, and summarize and sort the scores into statistic data readily. The scoring method includes the steps of collecting...
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7108512 |
Learning data base building method and video apparatus with learning function by using the learning data base and learning function control method therefor
Disclosed is a learning data base building method which can achieve data update in an optimum memory size and simultaneously build a systematic data configuration. Moreover, a video apparatus...
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7101185 |
Method and apparatus for automated training of language learning skills
A computer program for execution on a computing device is provided to cross-train students in language development skills such as letter-word correspondence, word recognition, vocabulary, and...
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7036145 |
Method and apparatus for electronic entertainment device access control and interactive response system
An access control system for an electronic entertainment device includes a processor and a memory comprising access control instructions for execution by the processor. The instructions...
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7036075 |
Reading product fabrication methodology
A text enhancement method and apparatus for the presentation of text for improved human reading. The method includes extracting text specific attributes from machine readable text and varying the...
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7018213 |
Electronic educational toy teaching letters words, numbers and pictures
An electronic educational toy having a housing for teaching letters, words, numbers or pictures comprising a toy housing supporting a substantially planar work platform on which a child can make...
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6994556 |
Electronic educational apparatus incorporating the detection of objects
An apparatus is provided for determining the identification of selected objects for use in connection with an electronic children's toy, which apparatus includes a plurality of objects, each of the...
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6954199 |
Three dimensional interactive system
A three-dimensional position locating system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the three-dimensional position locating system includes a housing including a substantially planar surface. The housing...
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6926528 |
Vocabulary teaching aid system and method
A vocabulary teaching aid system generally includes a computer that is operably connected to a video monitor and one or more user-interactive peripherals, e.g., keyboard or mouse. The computer...
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6915103 |
System for enhancing books with special paper
A system for enhancement of books or other reading material includes an item of reading material, printed on a substrate having a substantially invisible, machine-readable coordinate grid. A...
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6905391 |
Scanning toy
An interactive shopping role-play toy comprises a toy item bin, a first set of toy items replicating shopping items, an input device adapted to uniquely identify each of the toy items; and an audio...
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6877989 |
Computer program for generating educational and psychological test items
A computer program ( 10 ) and a method for creating non-verbal test items ( 20 ) to target a level and a cognitive source of item difficulty for psychological tests comprising a test configuration...
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6865370 |
Learning method and system based on questioning
An apparatus and a system to teach a user a subject based on his questions. The system allows the user to control his learning process, and helps to fill in gaps of misunderstanding in the subject....
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6830452 |
Computer training system with audible answers to spoken questions
A phonics training system provides immediate, audible and virtual answers to questions regarding various images such as objects, animals and people, posed by a child when the child views such...
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6802717 |
Teaching method and device
A method of teaching writing and the alphabet using an electronic teaching device like a laptop computer having a touch screen for displaying a selected letter, a video screen for displaying an...
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6796798 |
Dynamic reading instruction
The present invention is a method of associating visual symbols with verbal expression including the steps of preselecting a language having both verbal and written expressions, establishing an...
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6761563 |
Interactive teaching mat
A teaching mat includes a plurality of parts which are connected with each other and disposed on floor. A first hole is defined through a center of each part and a sound generating member is...
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6755657 |
Reading and spelling skill diagnosis and training system and method
A reading and spelling skill diagnosis and training system and method are provided wherein a user's auditory processing, phonological awareness and processing, morphological awareness, visual...
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6755655 |
Electronic educational toy appliance and a portable memory device therefor
An electronic toy appliance for use with interchangeable graspable objects such as blocks or tiles, the toy appliance designed to stimulate the development of a child's mind using audio feedback.
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6750978 |
Print media information system with a portable print media receiving unit assembly
The present invention relates to a novel interactive information system which can be used to make a traditional print medium such as a magazine, “interactive”. When the traditional print medium...
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6739874 |
Electronic educational toy appliance teaching letters words and numbers
An electronic educational toy designed to teach letters, words and numbers and stimulate the development of a child's mind using audio feedback, the educational toy including an enclosure enclosing...
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6716032 |
System and method of correlating leveling criteria to label leveled reading books
A system and method of correlating book leveling criteria to label leveled reading books is disclosed. An instructional reading level of a selected book leveling method is input into a data entry...
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6716031 |
Interactive learning apparatus responsive to striking
An interactive learning apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiments, the interactive learning apparatus comprises: (a) a housing; (b) an impact sensor unit in the housing; (c) a processor and memory...
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6687675 |
Message storage device
A portable device for displaying an image and generating an associated audible message to a user includes a compartment having an area for visually displaying an image to a user and a system for...
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6685476 |
Computer-based educational learning
Methods and programs are disclosed for a computer-based teaching method for various subjects, including grammar. The program includes one or more lessons to test a student's skills relative to a...
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6676412 |
Assessment of spelling and related skills
A method of spelling assessment includes identifying misspelled words; describing error patterns; analyzing, for a given spelling error, whether the target word is a base word or is derived or...
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6633844 |
Late integration in audio-visual continuous speech recognition
The combination of audio and video speech recognition in a manner to improve the robustness of speech recognition systems in noisy environments. Contemplated are methods and apparatus in which a...
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6629844 |
Method and apparatus for training of cognitive and memory systems in humans
An apparatus and method for training the cognitive and memory systems in a subject is provided. The apparatus and method incorporates a number of different programs to be played by the subject. The...
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6623273 |
Portable speech therapy device
A portable speech therapy device that enables post-operative cancer patients to practice voice exercises without direct supervision by activating a series of colored indicator lights in...
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6599129 |
Method for adaptive training of short term memory and auditory/visual discrimination within a computer game
A method for training of auditory and graphical discrimination in humans, and a human's short term memory, is provided within an animated game environment. The method provides a number of stimulus...
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