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Granted Patent B2
US 12,327,291 · App. 17/939,209 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Processing apparatus, processing method, and non-transitory storage medium

Inventors: Fumiyuki Miyahara (Tokyo, JP); Mai Sato (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06Q50/205G06F40/279
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Patent No.
US 12,327,291
App. No.
17/939,209
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a new technique for a teacher to recognize a tackling attitude of a student toward class is provided, the present invention provides a processing apparatus 100 including: an input word acquisition unit 101 that acquires an input word being a word input to each of a plurality of student terminals; a classification unit 102 that classifies the input words into a plurality of categories; and a first output unit 103 that displays a list of at least some of the input words, and also outputs, via an output terminal, a screen indicating a result of the classification of each of the input words displayed in the list.

Claims (35)

1. A processing apparatus, comprising:

at least one memory configured to store one or more instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

acquire an input word being a word input to each of a plurality of student terminals;

classify the input words into a plurality of categories;

display a list of at least some of the input words, and also output, via an output terminal, a screen indicating a result of the classification of each of the input words displayed in the list;

classify the input word into each of a plurality of categories, based on a category dictionary in which a word included in each category is registered in association with each category, the category dictionary being prepared for each attribute; and

classify the input word into the category, based on the category dictionary that coincides with an attribute of class in which the input word is input, the attribute including at least one of a teacher, a subject, a school, a region, a school year, and a school class.

2. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein,

the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to output, via the output terminal, information indicating a student who inputs for specifying one of the input words displayed in the list, when receiving the input for specifying one of the input words.

3. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

acquire, during class, the input word being input during the class, and

output the screen during the class.

4. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

acquire the input word being input during class, and

output the screen after the class ends.

5. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the category includes at least one of an NG word not being recommended to be input in class, an interesting word being recommended to be input in class, a high frequency word having an input frequency equal to or more than a threshold value, and a low frequency word having an input frequency less than a threshold value.

6. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

update the category dictionary, and

when receiving an input for specifying one of the input words displayed in the list and an input for specifying the category of the specified input word, register the specified input word in association with the specified category in the category dictionary.

7. The processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to evaluate a class attitude of each student, based on a result of the classification of the input word being input from each student.

8. A processing method, comprising,

executed by a computer:

acquiring an input word being a word input to each of a plurality of student terminals;

classifying the input words into a plurality of categories;

displaying a list of at least some of the input words, and also outputting, via an output terminal, a screen indicating a result of the classification of each of the input words displayed in the list;

classifying the input word into each of a plurality of categories, based on a category dictionary in which a word included in each category is registered in association with each category, the category dictionary being prepared for each attribute; and

classifying the input word into the category, based on the category dictionary that coincides with an attribute of class in which the input word is input, the attribute including at least one of a teacher, a subject, a school, a region, a school year, and a school class.

9. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program causing a computer to:

acquire an input word being a word input to each of a plurality of student terminals;

classify the input words into a plurality of categories;

display a list of at least some of the input words, and also output, via an output terminal, a screen indicating a result of the classification of each of the input words displayed in the list;

classify the input word into each of a plurality of categories, based on a category dictionary in which a word included in each category is registered in association with each category, the category dictionary being prepared for each attribute; and

classify the input word into the category, based on the category dictionary that coincides with an attribute of class in which the input word is input, the attribute including at least one of a teacher, a subject, a school, a region, a school year, and a school class.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2022
From: MIYAHARA, FUMIYUKI; SATO, MAI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061012/0077 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-153150 · Sep 21, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230089965A1 · Mar 23, 2023
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