# US 2021/0241647 A1 · Device and program for performing new training

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- Number: US 2021/0241647 A1
- Document ID: US20210241647A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/049,549
- Filed: 2019-04-12
- Published: 2021-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2018-04-24
- Assignees: Mentor Corporation
- Applicants: Mentor Corporation Ltd.
- Inventors: Kuniyoshi NAGAI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241647A1

## CPC

- G09B 5/02: with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
- G09B 17/006: {with audible presentation of the material to be studied (audio and audio-visual teaching apparatus in general G09B5/04, G09B5/06)}
- G06F 3/0483: Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
- G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
- G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
- G09B 5/04: with audible presentation of the material to be studied (sound recording or reproducing G11B)
- G09B 5/06: with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
- G09B 7/06: of the multiple-choice answer-type, i.e. where a given question is provided with a series of answers and a choice has to be made from the answers
- G09B 17/003: {electrically operated apparatus or devices}
- G09B 17/02: Line indicators or other guides or masks
- G09B 17/04: for increasing the rate of reading; Reading rate control
- G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

This device is provided with a means for flash displaying a reversed text or image, an inverted text or image, or an inverted and reversed text or image in flash mode. In one embodiment, this device is furthermore provided with a means for causing a user to undergo book-reading training. In one embodiment, the means for causing a user to undergo book-reading training may include a means for displaying a page of a book, a means for displaying a marker on the page of the book, and a means for causing the display position of the marker to change at a prescribed time interval.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

-27. (canceled)

### Claim 28

A device comprising a processor unit, a memory unit, and a displaying unit,
wherein the memory unit stores a text in a normal direction, the normal direction of the text being a direction of a text in which a rotation angle of the text is 0° to 45° or 315° to 360°,
wherein the processor unit is configured to execute at least:
reading out the text from the memory unit;
executing processing of reversing the text, or inverting the text, or inverting and reversing the text; and
instantaneously displaying the text which is reversed, or the text which is inverted, or the text which is inverted and reversed on the displaying unit,
wherein time during which the reversed text, or the inverted text, or the inverted and reversed text is instantaneously displayed is less than 0.6 seconds,
wherein the reversed text is a text in a direction in which a rotation angle of the text is 135° to 225°,
wherein the inverted text is a text wherein a text in the normal direction is inverted around a longitudinal central axis in a two-dimensional plane,
wherein the inverted and reversed text is a text which is a reversed text and which is an inverted text, and
wherein a display embodiment of the text changes when reversed or inverted.

### Claim 29 (depends on 28)

The device of claim 28, wherein the memory unit stores a plurality of texts in a normal direction,
wherein the processor unit is configured to execute at least:
reading out the plurality of texts from the memory unit;
executing processing of reversing at least some of the plurality of texts, or processing of inverting at least some of the plurality of texts, or processing of inverting and reversing at least some of the plurality of texts; and
displaying at least some reversed texts, or at least some inverted texts, or at least some inverted and reversed texts among the plurality of texts in a predetermined order on the displaying unit,
wherein time during which each of the at least some reversed texts, or each of the at least some inverted texts, or each of the at least some inverted and reversed texts among the plurality of texts is instantaneously displayed is less than 0.6 seconds, and
wherein the at least some reversed texts, or the at least some inverted texts, or the at least some inverted and reversed texts among the plurality of texts include a text of which display embodiment changes when reversed or inverted.

### Claim 30 (depends on 28)

The device of claim 28, wherein the memory unit stores data representing each page of a book,
wherein the processor unit is configured to further execute processing for causing a user to perform reading training,
wherein the processing for causing the user to perform reading training comprises:
reading out the data representing one page of the book from the memory unit;
displaying the one page of the book on the displaying unit;
displaying a marker on the one page of the book; and
changing a display position of the marker at a predetermined time interval.

### Claim 31 (depends on 30)

The device of claim 30, wherein the processing for causing the user to perform reading training further comprises outputting a sound at the predetermined time interval, and
wherein a change in the display position of the marker is synchronized with an output of the sound.

### Claim 32 (depends on 30)

The device of claim 30, wherein the processing for causing the user to perform reading training further comprises:
highlighting an area to be read indicating an area that the user should currently read on the page of the book; and
highlighting an area scheduled to be read indicating an area that the user should read next on the page of the book,
wherein the marker is displayed on the area to be read and/or the area scheduled to be read, and
wherein an embodiment of highlighting the area to be read is different from an embodiment of highlighting the area scheduled to be read.

### Claim 33 (depends on 32)

The device of claim 32, wherein the processing for causing the user to perform reading training further comprises:
changing a display position of each of the area to be read and the area scheduled to be read at the predetermined time interval, and
wherein a change in the display position of each of the area to be read and the area scheduled to be read is synchronized with a change in the display position of the marker.

### Claim 34 (depends on 30)

The device of claim 30, wherein the marker comprises a touch detecting area that is able to detect a touch operation by a user, and
wherein the processing for causing the user to perform reading training further comprises:
determining whether a touch operation to the touch detecting area has been detected while the marker is displayed; and
outputting a result of the determination.

### Claim 35 (depends on 30)

The device of claim 30, wherein the processor unit is configured to further execute evaluating a result of training of instantaneously displaying the text,
wherein the processing for causing the user to perform reading training further comprises setting an initial condition of the reading training based on a result of the evaluation.

### Claim 36 (depends on 35)

The device of claim 35, wherein the initial condition comprises at least one of: a predetermined time interval of a sound generated from the device; or the number of display positions of the marker per page.

### Claim 37 (depends on 28)

The device of claim 28, wherein the memory unit stores data representing each page of a book,
wherein the processor unit is configured to further execute processing for causing a user to perform line spread training,
wherein the processing for causing the user to perform line spread training comprises:
reading out the data representing one page of the book from the memory unit;
displaying the one page of the book on the displaying unit;
displaying a marker on the one page of the book;
detecting that the user has touched the one page of the book; and
changing a display position of the marker in response to detecting that the user has touched the one page of the book.

### Claim 38 (depends on 37)

The device of claim 37, wherein the processing for causing a user to perform line spread training further comprises;
highlighting an area to be read indicating an area that the user should currently read on the page of the book; and
highlighting an area scheduled to be read indicating an area that the user should read next on the page of the book,
wherein the marker is displayed on the area to be read and/or the area scheduled to be read, and
wherein an embodiment of highlighting the area to be read is different from an embodiment of highlighting the area scheduled to be read.

### Claim 39 (depends on 38)

The device of claim 38, wherein the processing for causing the user to perform line spread training further comprises:
changing a display position of each of the area to be read and the area scheduled to be read in response to detecting that the user has touched the one page of the book, and
wherein a change in the display position of each of the area to be read and the area scheduled to be read is synchronized with a change in the display position of the marker.

### Claim 40 (depends on 37)

The device of claim 37, wherein the processor unit is configured to further execute evaluating a result of training in which the user reads the text which is instantaneously displayed on the displaying unit, and
wherein the processing for causing the user to perform line spread training further comprises setting an initial condition of the line spread training based on a result of the evaluation.

### Claim 41 (depends on 40)

The device of claim 40, wherein the initial condition comprises the number of display positions of the marker per page.

### Claim 42 (depends on 28)

The device of claim 28, wherein the processor unit is configured to further execute processing for causing a user to perform speed listening training, and
wherein the processing for causing the user to perform speed listening training comprises:
setting an output speed scale factor of a sound to be output; and
outputting the sound to be output at the set output speed scale factor.

### Claim 43 (depends on 42)

The device of claim 42, wherein the processing for causing the user to perform speed listening training further comprises identifying the sound to be output.

### Claim 44 (depends on 42)

The device of claim 42, wherein the processor unit is configured to further execute evaluating a result of training in which the user reads the text which is instantaneously displayed on the displaying unit, and
wherein the processing for causing the user to perform speed listening training further comprises setting an initial condition of the speed listening training based on a result of the evaluation.

### Claim 45

A program executed in a device, the device comprising a processor unit, a memory unit, and a displaying unit,
wherein the memory unit stores a text in a normal direction, the normal direction of the text being a direction of a text in which a rotation angle of the text is 0° to 45° or 315° to 360°,
wherein the program, when executed in the processor unit, causes the processor unit to execute at least:
reading out the text from the memory unit;
executing processing of reversing the text, or inverting the text, or inverting and reversing the text; and
instantaneously displaying the text which is reversed, or the text which is inverted, or the text which is inverted and reversed on the displaying unit,
wherein time during which the reversed text, or the inverted text, or the inverted and reversed text is instantaneously displayed is less than 0.6 seconds,
wherein the reversed text is a text in a direction in which a rotation angle of the text is 135° to 225°,
wherein the inverted text is a text wherein a text in the normal direction is inverted around a longitudinal central axis in a two-dimensional plane,
wherein the inverted and reversed text is a text which is a reversed text and which is an inverted text, and
wherein a display embodiment of the text changes when reversed or inverted.

### Claim 46

A method for training a user's brain by utilizing a first device and a second device,
the first device comprising a first processor unit, a first memory unit, and a first displaying unit,
wherein the first processor unit is configured to execute at least processing for causing the user to perform flash training,
wherein the processing for causing the user to perform flash training comprises instantaneously displaying a reversed text, or an inverted text, or an inverted and reversed text on the first displaying unit,
wherein time during which the reversed text, or the inverted text, or the inverted and reversed text is instantaneously displayed is less than 0.6 seconds,
wherein the normal direction of the text is a direction of a text in which a rotation angle of the text is 0° to 45° or 315° to 360°,
wherein the reversed text is a text in a direction in which a rotation angle of the text is 135° to 225°,
wherein the inverted text is a text wherein a text in the normal direction is inverted around a longitudinal central axis in a two-dimensional plane,
wherein the inverted and reversed text is a text which is a reversed text and which is an inverted text, and
wherein a display embodiment of the text changes when reversed or inverted,
the second device comprising a second processor unit, a second memory unit, and a second displaying unit,
wherein the second memory unit stores data representing each page of a book,
wherein the second processor unit is configured to execute at least processing for causing a user to perform reading training,
wherein the processing for causing the user to perform reading training comprises:
reading out the data representing one page of the book from the second memory unit;
displaying the one page of the book on the second displaying unit;
displaying a marker on the one page of the book; and
changing a display position of the marker at a predetermined time interval, and
wherein the method comprises:
causing the user to perform flash training by executing the processing for causing the user to perform flash training by the first processor unit of the first device; and
causing the user to perform reading training by executing the processing for causing the user to perform reading training by the second processor unit of the second device.

### Claim 47 (depends on 46)

The method of claim 46, further utilizing a third device,
wherein the third device comprises a third processor unit,
wherein the third processor unit is configured to execute at least processing for causing the user to perform speed listening training,
wherein the processing for causing the user to perform speed listening training comprises:
setting an output speed scale factor of a sound to be output; and
outputting the sound to be output at the set output speed scale factor, and
wherein the method further comprises:
causing the user to perform speed listening training by executing the processing for causing the user to perform speed listening training by the third processor unit of the third device.

### Claim 48 (depends on 46)

The method of claim 46, further utilizing a fourth device,
wherein the fourth device further comprises a fourth processor unit, a fourth memory unit, and a fourth displaying unit,
wherein the fourth memory unit stores data representing each page of a book,
wherein the fourth processor unit is configured to execute at least processing for causing the user to perform line spread training,
wherein the processing for causing the user to perform line spread training comprises:
reading out the data representing one page of the book from the fourth memory unit;
displaying the one page of the book on the fourth displaying unit;
displaying a marker on the one page of the book;
detecting that the user has touched the one page of the book; and
changing a display position of the marker in response to detecting that the user has touched the one page of the book, and
wherein the method further comprises:
causing the user to perform line spread training by executing the processing for causing the user to perform line spread training by the fourth processor unit of the fourth device.