Electronic device, electronic testing system, and methods thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9950249-B2
Application number	US-201615266053-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2016
Priority date	Oct 2, 2015
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

An electronic device includes a display unit, an input unit, a memory unit, a sensor unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The display unit is configured to display a question and answers corresponding to the question. The input unit is configured to allow user selection of one of the answers. The sensor unit is configured to detect movement of the electronic device. The control unit is configured to control the memory unit to record the one of the answers and to determine whether the movement meets a predetermined condition of shaking after the user selection is received by the input unit, and to control the communication unit to transmit the one of the answers when it is determined that the movement meets the predetermined condition.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic testing system comprising:
a master device; and
a plurality of participant devices, each of which includes
a display unit configured to display a question and a plurality of answers corresponding to the question,
an input unit configured to allow user selection of one of the answers,
a memory unit,
a sensor unit configured to detect movement of said participant device,
a communication unit,
a control unit electrically coupled to said display unit, said input unit, said sensor unit, and said communication unit, and configured to control said memory unit to record said one of the answers and to determine whether the movement of said participant device as detected by said sensor unit meets a predetermined condition of shaking after the user selection is received by said input unit, and to control said communication unit to transmit said one of the answers as a response when it is determined that the movement of said participant device meets the predetermined condition;

wherein said master device includes a processing module, a communication module, and a storage module configured to store a correct answer corresponding to the question;
wherein said processing module is configured to receive the responses transmitted by said participant devices via said communication module, and to determine whether each of the responses matches the correct answer so as to determine a score for one of said participant devices from which the response is received.

2. The electronic testing system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said control unit of each of said participant devices is configured to control said display unit to display another question and a plurality of answers corresponding to said another question after said communication unit transmits one of the answers corresponding to the question.

3. The electronic testing system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said processing module of said master device is configured to determine one of said participant devices to be a winning device when the response from said one of said participant devices is received the earliest among those of the responses that match the correct answer, and to determine each of the rest of said participant devices to be a losing device.

4. The electronic testing system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said master device further includes an image output module electrically coupled to said processing module, and each of said participant devices further includes a positioning unit electrically coupled to said control unit, and configured to generate position information based on a position of said participant device, said control unit being configured to control said communication unit to transmit the position information;
wherein said master device is configured to receive the position information from said participant devices, to generate an interface containing the position information of said participant devices, and to control said image output module to display the interface.

5. The electronic testing system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said master device further includes an image output module electrically coupled to said processing module, and each of said participant devices further includes a positioning unit electrically coupled to said control unit, and configured to generate position information based on a position of said participant device, said control unit being configured to control said communication unit to transmit the position information;
wherein said master device is configured to receive the position information from said participant devices, to generate an interface according to the position information and responses received from said participant devices to indicate position of each of said participant devices and to indicate whether the response transmitted by each of said participant devices matches the correct answer, and to control said image output module to display the interface.

6. The electronic testing system as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the interface contains a plurality of blocks corresponding respectively to said participant devices with relative positions of the blocks corresponding to relative positions of said participant devices as indicated by the position information and with the blocks having different colors to indicate whether the response transmitted by each of said participant devices matches the correct answer, each of the blocks having thereon a name of a user of the corresponding one of said participant devices.

7. The electronic testing system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein said master device further includes a timing module electrically coupled to said processing module, and configured to count a predetermined time, and said master device is configured to generate the interface to indicate whether the response transmitted by each of said participant devices matches the correct answer after said timing module has counted the predetermined time.

8. A method to be implemented by an electronic testing system that includes a plurality of participant devices and a master device, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) by each of the participant devices, displaying a question and a plurality of answers corresponding to the question;
(b) by each of the participant devices, after receipt of user selection of one of the answers, determining whether movement of the electronic device meets a predetermined condition of shaking;
(c) by each of the participant devices, when it is determined in step (b) that the movement of the electronic device meets the predetermined condition, transmitting said one of the answers as a response to the master device;
(d) by the master device, upon receipt of the responses from the participant devices, determining whether each of the responses matches a correct answer so as to determine a score for one of the participant devices from which the response is received.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising, after step (c), the step of:
(e) by each of the participant devices, displaying another question and a plurality of answers corresponding to said another question.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising after step (c), the step of:
(f) by each of the participant devices, determining whether movement of the participant device meets the predetermined condition; and
wherein step (e) is performed only when it is determined in step (f) that the movement of the participant device meets the predetermined condition.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising, after step (d), the step of:
by the master device, determining one of the participant devices to be a winning device when the response from said one of the participant devices is received the earliest among those of the responses that match the correct answer, and determining each of the rest of the participant devices to be a losing device.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising the steps of:
by each of the participant devices, transmitting position information associated with a position of the participant device; and
by the master device, after receiving the position information from the participant devices, generating and displaying an interface containing the position information of the participant devices.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising the steps of:
by each of the participant devices, transmitting position information associated with a position of the participant device; and
after step (d), by the master device, after receiving the position information from the participant devices, generating an interface according

Assignees

• Univ Nat Taiwan Normal

Inventors

• Hong Jon-Chao
• Hwang Ming-Yueh
• TAI Kai-Wen
• Tsai Chi-Ruei
• Tai Kai-Hsin

Classifications

• A63F9/183 Primary

  electric · CPC title

• G09B7/07

  providing for individual presentation of questions to a plurality of student stations · CPC title

• A63F2009/2485

  using a general-purpose personal computer · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F1/1694

  the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer · CPC title