US 10,168,729 B1Granted

Apparatus and system for teaching calculation skills

AssigneeIurii Oleksandrovych Novosolov

InventorsIurii Oleksandrovych Novosolov, Oleksandr Novosolov

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Abstract

Provided is an apparatus for teaching calculation skills. The apparatus may include a plurality of beads and a set of columns of the cells being configured to be occupied by one of the beads. The apparatus may include a set of sensors configured to determine occupation of the cells by the beads, and a processing unit electronically coupled to the set of sensors. The processing unit can be configured to: receive from a server at least one array of integer numbers. Each of the integer numbers represents an intermediate result of solving of a sequence of mathematical operations displayed to a user; determine, via the set of sensors, occupation of the cells by the beads; translate the occupation of cells to a check number; and compare the check number to a current number in array to determine whether the current operation is solved correctly.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for teaching calculation skills, the apparatus comprising:

a plurality of beads;
a set of columns, each of the columns including a predetermined number of cells, each of the cells being configured to be occupied by one of the beads;
a communication unit for communicating with a server;
a set of sensors configured to determine occupation of the cells by the beads;
a set of light source units, each of the light source units located within one of the cells;
and
a processing unit electronically coupled to the set of sensors and the set of the light source units, the processing unit configured to:
receive, via the communication unit from the server, at least one array of integer numbers, each of the integer numbers representing an intermediate result of solving of a sequence of mathematical operations, the sequence of mathematical operations being displayed to a user;
and
for each current number of the at least one array of integer numbers:
wait for a pre-determined time to allow the user to move the beads to solve a current operation from the sequence of mathematical operations;
determine, via the set of sensors, occupation of the cells by the beads;
translate the occupation of cells into a check number;
compare the check number to the current number to determine whether the current operation is solved correctly;
determine, based on the check number and the current number, a first subset of the cells being incorrectly occupied by the beads;
and
light, with a first color, the light source units corresponding to the first subset of the cells.

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A system for teaching calculation skills, the system comprising:

a server configured at least to store a set of mathematical problems;
at least one electronic abacus, the at least one electronic abacus comprising:
a plurality of beads;
a set of columns, each of the columns including a predetermined number of cells, each of the cells being configured to be occupied by only one of the beads;
a communication unit for communicating with the sever via a data network;
a set of sensors configured to determine occupation of the cells by the beads;
a set of light source units, each of the light source units located within one of the cells;
and
a processing unit electronically coupled to the set of sensors and the set of the light source units, the processing unit being configured to:
receive, via the communication unit from the server, at least one array of integer numbers, each of the integer numbers representing an intermediate result of solving of a sequence of mathematical operations, the sequence of the mathematical operations representing one of the mathematical problems, the sequence of mathematical operations being displayed to a user;
and
for each current number of the at least one array of integer numbers:
wait for a pre-determined time to allow the user to move the beads to solve a current operation from the sequence of mathematical operations;
determine, via the set of sensors, occupation of the cells by the beads;
translate the occupation of cells into a check number;
compare the check number to the current number to determine whether the current operation is solved correctly;
determine, based on the check number and the current number, a first subset of the cells being incorrectly occupied by the beads;
and
light the light source units corresponding to the first subset of the cells.

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A system for teaching calculation skills, the system comprising:

a server configured at least to store a set of mathematical problems;
at least one electronic abacus for solving the mathematical problems, the at least one electronic abacus comprising:
a plurality of beads;
a set of columns, each of the columns including a predetermined number of cells, each of the cells being configured to be occupied by one of the beads;
a communication unit for communicating with the sever via a data network;
a set of sensors configured to determine occupation of the cells by the beads;
a set of light source units, each of the light source units located within one of the cells;
and
a processing unit electronically coupled to the set of sensors and the set of the light source units, the processing unit being configured to:
receive, via the communication unit from the server, at least one array of integer numbers, each of the integer numbers representing an intermediate result of solving of a sequence of mathematical operations, the sequence of the mathematical operations representing one of the mathematical problems, the sequence of mathematical operations being displayed to a user;
and
for each current number of the at least one array of integer numbers:
wait for a pre-determined time to allow the user to move the beads to solve a current operation from the sequence of mathematical operations;
determine, via the set of sensors, occupation of the cells by the beads;
translate the occupation of cells into a check number;
compare the check number to the current number to determine whether the current operation is solved correctly;
determine, based on the check number and the current number, a first subset of the cells being incorrectly occupied by the beads;
and
light, with a first color, the light source units corresponding to the first subset of the cells;
and
a computing device, the computing device including at least a graphical display system and a device communication unit for communicating with the server via the data network, the computing device being configured to:
receive, via the device communication unit, the sequence of the mathematical operations representing one of the mathematical problems;
and
display, via the graphical display system, the sequence of the mathematical operations.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.