Studio Arrangement and Playing Devices Whereby Online Students Worldwide Can Learn Mathematics from an Outstanding Teacher by Watching Videos Showing the Teachers Face Body Language and Clearly Legible Writing
OwnerMark Laurence Donald Emersoninventor
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Abstract
A studio arrangement and plurality of playing devices, wherein an outstanding teacher of mathematics or a math-oriented subject can produce a video of a lesson, which video captures the teacher's face, hands and full body language, while also capturing, clearly and legibly, what he or she writes during the lesson. The video is then transmitted via the Internet to online students worldwide, who view the video on their playing devices, such as computers and smart phones, and thereby learn from the outstanding teacher.
Claims20
A studio arrangement and a plurality of playing devices, the studio arrangement hereinafter being identified as the studio, the studio being used to produce an educational video of a person teaching a lesson, the person teaching the lesson hereinafter being identified as the teacher, the educational video including audio of the teacher's voice, the playing devices being physically located in different places than the studio, a playing device hereinafter being identified as a player, the educational video being transmitted digitally from the studio to each player, a player comprising a means for playing the educational video for a person to view, a plurality of persons each receiving the lesson by viewing the educational video on a player, the plurality of persons receiving the lesson hereinafter being identified as online students, the studio comprising:
- a horizontal surface elevated above the floor, which surface is hereinafter identified as the table, the table having a front side and a back side;
- a vertical backdrop positioned in the area behind the back side of the table;
- the teacher sitting or standing between the backdrop and the back side of the table and facing the front side of the table;
- a flat writing medium that lies on the table, the teacher writing on the writing medium during the lesson;
- lights that illuminate the teacher, the writing medium and the backdrop;
- a first video camera, which camera is hereinafter identified as the front camera, the front camera being positioned in the area beyond the front side of the table and pointing to the back side of the table, the front camera capturing images of the teacher's face, hands and upper body, and, behind the teacher, the backdrop, the front camera capturing video of the lesson;
- a second video camera, which camera is hereinafter identified as the top camera, the top camera being positioned above the table, the top camera pointing downward at the table and capturing images of the writing medium, any writings thereon, and the teacher's hands as he or she writes thereon, the top camera capturing video of the lesson;
- a means to synchronize the video from the front camera with the video from the top camera;
- a means for the teacher to write on the writing medium that produces a solid, uniform marking of sufficient thickness that the teacher's writing is clearly captured by the top camera and is thereby clearly readable by the online students;
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- a means to integrate the video from the front camera with the video from the top camera to produce the educational video, the integration means hereinafter being identified as the video integrator;
- whereby, an online student viewing the educational video can clearly see the teacher's face, hands and upper body, and also clearly read what the teacher writes on the writing medium.
A method comprising:
- positioning a person, who is hereinafter identified as the teacher, in a studio arrangement, which is hereinafter identified as the studio, the teacher being prepared to teach a lesson, the studio comprising a horizontal surface elevated above the floor, which surface is hereinafter identified as the table, the table having a front side and a back side, and a vertical backdrop in the area behind the back side of the table, the teacher sitting or standing between the backdrop and the back side of the table and facing the front side of the table, the studio further comprising a flat writing medium that lies on the table, lights to illuminate the teacher, the writing medium and the backdrop, a first video camera, which camera is hereinafter identified as the front camera, the front camera being positioned in the area beyond the front side of the table and pointing to the back side of the table, and a second video camera, which camera is hereinafter identified as the top camera, the top camera being positioned above the table and pointing downward at the table;
- adjusting the image of the front camera so that, when the camera is activated, it will capture images of the teacher's face, hands and upper body as he or she teaches the lesson, and, behind the teacher, the backdrop;
- adjusting the image of the top camera so that, when the camera is activated, it will capture images of the writing medium and the teacher's hands as he or she writes thereon during the lesson;
- activating the lights;
- activating the front camera so that it captures video of the lesson;
- activating the top camera so that it captures video of the lesson;
- synchronizing the videos from the front camera and top camera;
- the teacher teaching the lesson, and while teaching, writing on the writing medium with a writing device that produces a solid, uniform marking of sufficient thickness that the teacher's writing is clearly captured by the top camera;
- integrating the videos from the front camera and the top camera to produce an educational video which clearly shows the teacher's face, hands and upper body, and also clearly shows what the teacher writes on the writing medium, the educational video including audio of the teacher's voice;
- transmitting the educational video digitally to a plurality of playing devices, a playing device hereinafter being identified as a player, each player being physically located in a different place than the studio, each player being capable of playing the educational video for a viewer;
- a plurality of persons each learning the lesson by viewing the educational video on a player.
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