Universal adaptive audiovisual teaching machine

Claim 2

A universal adaptive audiovisual teaching device, comprisinG visual display means; sound-reproducing means; input means providing a response to said visual display and sound-reproducing means, comprising pushbutton means adapted to be operated by a user; selector means having an output and an input connected to said pushbutton means; decision means connected to said pushbutton means, said decision means comprising basic decision means for evaluating the correct response of said user, said basic decision means having an output and inputs of which one input is connected to said pushbutton means, said decision means providing an evaluating signal of correct response of the user and an evaluating signal of incorrect response of said user, stepping means for receiving said evaluating signals having an output and inputs of which one input is connected to the output of said basic decision means and tacting means having outputs and inputs of which one input is connected to the output of said stepping means; peripheral memory means having inputs and an output connected to said visual display means and said sound-reproducing means, the output of said selector means being connected in common to an input of said peripheral memory means and inputs of each of the basic decision means, the stepping means and the tacting means of said decision means; and control memory means having a medium, an input connected to an output of the tacting means of said decision means, an output connected to said visual display means and an output connected in common to an input of said peripheral memory means and inputs of each of the basic decision means, the stepping means and the tacting means of said decision means.

Claim 3

A universal adaptive audiovisual teaching device as claimed in claim 10, wherein said decision means comprises a plurality of stepping gate means and setoff input gate means, and wherein an output of the tacting means of said decision means is connected via a plurality of said stepping gate means to an input of the stepping means of said decision means and via a plurality of said setoff input gate means to an input of the basic decision means of said decision means.

Claim 4

A universal adaptive audiovisual teaching device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said selector means comprises user''s selection register means and a plurality of setoff input gate means connecting said pushbutton means to said user''s selection register means via a plurality of said setoff input gate means, said user''s selection register means having a plurality of inputs and outputs, and wherein said decision means comprises basic decision decoder means having an output and an input connected to an output of said control memory means and to the outputs of said user''s selection register means, a pair of operational-state gate means connected to and controlled by said selector means, the output of said basic decision decoder means being connected to an input of said stepping means via said pair of operational state gate means, free shifting decoder means for providing free shifting forward signals and free shifting backward signals, said free shifting decoder means having an output and inputs connected to said pushbutton means via a plurality of said setoff input gate means and to an output of said control memory means and to said selector means, the output of said free shifting decoder means being connected to an input of said stepping means, and wherein the tacting means of said decision means comprises operating time control means having an input and an output connected to each of said setoff input gate means and to the inputs of said user''s selection register means.

Claim 5

A universal adaptive audiovisual teaching device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the stepping means of said decision means has an initiating part and an actuating part, the basic decision decoder means of said decision means providing coincidence and noncoincidence signals and supplying said signals to the initiating part of said stepping means, the free shiftiNg decoder means of said decision means supplying its free shifting forward signals and free shifting backward signals to the initiating part of said stepping means, the output of said control memory means being connected to the initiating part of said stepping means, said selector means providing an operating-state signal and supplying said signal to the initiating part of said stepping means, said pushbutton means including a question button connected to the initiating part of said stepping means, said decision means providing an evaluating signal of correct response of the user and an evaluating signal of incorrect response of the user and supplying said signals to the initiating part of said stepping means, the initiating part of said stepping means having a plurality of outputs and the actuating part of said stepping means having a plurality of inputs connected to the outputs of said initiating part, the output of the tacting means of said decision means and outputs of said control memory means being connected to said inputs of the actuating part of said stepping means, said actuating part providing a forward actuating signal and a backward actuating signal and supplying said signals to an input of said tacting means.

Claim 6

A universal adaptive audiovisual teaching device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said selector means provides a rapid shifting signal and an operational-state signal and said control memory means provides a signal, said stepping means of said decision means comprises noncoincidence step permitting circuit means, coincidence step permitting circuit means, forward step permitting circuit means and backward step permitting circuit means for providing stepping of the medium of said control memory means, said noncoincidence step permitting circuit means being connected to an input of said basic decision decoder means and supplying the noncoincidence signal thereto, said coincidence step permitting circuit means being connected to an input of said basic decision decoder means and supplying the coincidence signal thereto, said free shifting decoder means supplying said free shifting forward signals and said free shifting backward signals to the input of said control memory means and to said actuating part, said decision means including first and second OR gates, a plurality of operatonal-state gates, an evaluating gate of correct response, an evaluating gate of incorrect response and initiating decoder means having inputs and outputs, said selector means being connected to an input of said second OR gate and supplying said rapid shifting signal thereto, said control memory means being connected to an input of said second OR gate and supplying its signal thereto via one of said operational-state gates, said selector means being connected to said one of said operational state gates for supplying said operational-state signal thereto, said noncoincidence step permitting circuit means being connected to an input of said initiating decoder means for supplying said noncoincidence signal thereto, said coincidence step permitting circuit means being connected to an input of said initiating decoder means for supplying said coincidence signal thereto, said forward step permitting circuit means being connected to an input of the initiating part of said stepping means for supplying its signal thereto, said backward step permitting circuit means being connected to an input of the initiating part of said stepping means for supplying its signal thereto, said question button being connected to the initiating decoder means and the first OR gate of said decision means via another operational-state gate, said selector means being connected to said other operational-state gate and supplying said operational-state signal thereto, said noncoincidence step permitting circuit means being coupled to said first OR gate, said first OR gate controlling said evaluating signal of incorrect response via said evaluating gate of incorrect response and said evaluating signal of cOrrect response via said evaluating gate of correct response, said control memory means being connected to and controlling the conductivity condition of each of said evaluating gate of incorrect response and said evaluating gate of correct response, each said evaluating gate having an input connected to an output of said control memory means and an input connected to the actuating part of said stepping means.

Claim 7

A universal adaptive audiovisual teaching device as claimed in claim 5, wherein three outputs of said initiating decoder means are connected to inputs of the actuating part of said stepping means, said decision means including a first stepping gate connected in a first of said outputs, a second stepping gate connected in a second of said outputs, a third stepping gate connected in a third of said outputs, a backward stepping gate, a forward stepping gate, forward motion permitting circuit means and backward motion permitting circuit means, said initiating decoder means supplying a first initiating signal via said first of said outputs and said first stepping gate, a second indicating signal via said second of said outputs and said second stepping gate and a third indicating signal via said third of said outputs and said third stepping gate, said decision means including a step blocking circuit connected to and controlling said stepping gates, a backward step memory and a forward step memory, each having a set input, a reset input, a set output and a reset output; said first and second stepping gates being connected to said backward and forward step memories, said third stepping gate having an output directly connected to said forward motion permitting circuit means, an output of said control memory means being connected to the reset input of said backward step memory via said backward stepping gate, an output of said control memory means being connected to the reset input of said forward step memory via said forward stepping gate, said tacting means being connected to and controlling the conductivity condition of said stepping gates, said backward step memory providing a backward actuating signal and being connected to said backward motion permitting circuit means and supplying said backward actuating signal thereto, said forward step memory providing a forward actuating signal and being connected to said forward motion permitting circuit means and supplying said forward actuating signal thereto, said peripheral memory means having an output connected to an input of said forward motion permitting circuit means, said forward step permitting circuit means having an output connected to an input of said forward motion permitting circuit means, said backward step permitting circuit means having an output connected to an input of said backward motion permitting circuit means.

Claim 8

A universal adaptive audiovisual teaching device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the tacting means of said decision means comprises a backward tact memory, a forward tact memory, each of said backward and forward tact memories having a set input, a reset input, a set output and a reset output, said backward tact memory providing a backward operational-signal and said forward tact memory providing a forward operational signal, a backward tacting gate, a forward tacting gate, tact-signalling circuit means and tact-blocking means, an output of the actuating part of said stepping means being connected to the set input of said backward tact memory via said backward tacting gate, an output of the actuating part of said stepping means being connected to the set input of said forward tact memory via said forward tacting gate, an output of said control memory means being directly connected to the reset input of said backward tact memory, an output of said control memory means being directly connected to the reset input of said forward tact memory, said tact-signalling circuit means being connected to and controlling the conductivity condition of each of said backward stepping gate and said forward stepping gaTe, wherein said control memory means has driving motor means for driving said control memory means, said backward tact memory being connected to the driving motor means of said control memory means and to said tact-signalling circuit means and supplying said backward operational signal thereto, said forward tact memory being connected to the driving motor means of said control memory means and to said tact-signalling circuit means and supplying said forward operational signal thereto, each of said backward and forward tact memories being connected to the input of said operating time control means, the output of said operating time control means being connected to an input of the basic decision means of said decision means, an output of said tact-signalling circuit means being connected to an input of said tact-blocking means, and wherein said peripheral memory means includes peripheral memories connected to the input of said tact-blocking means, said peripheral memories providing a start signal, the output of said tact-blocking means being connected to the input of said backward tacting gate and to the input of said forward tacting gate, the output of said tact-blocking means being connected to the input of the step-blocking circuit.

Claim 9

A universal adaptive audiovisual teaching device as claimed in claim 7, wherein said selector means comprises a plurality of bistable register means adapted to be directly controlled by the user, free shifting register means and fast shifting register means having inputs and outputs, a first of said register means having an output connected to the operational state gate means, a second of said register means having an output connected to the operational-state gate means, said operational-state gate means having an output connected to an input of said fast shifting register means, an output of said free shifting register means connected to an input of said fast shifting register means, said output of said operational state gate means being connected to said operational-state gate means, and wherein said peripheral memory means includes a peripheral control gate having an input, said output of said operational-state gate means being connected to the peripheral control gate of said peripheral memory means, said fast shifting register means providing a fast shifting signal and supplying said fast shifting signal to the second OR gate of said stepping means.

Claim 10

A universal adaptive audiovisual teaching device as claimed in claim 8, wherein said peripheral memory means comprises said peripheral memories, peripheral memory control means having peripheral memory control register means, additional peripheral control means each having input and outputs, second shaping means and peripheral memory reaction gate means, said peripheral memories providing a stop signal and said peripheral memory control register means having a reset input, the output of the peripheral control gate of said peripheral memory means being connected to an input of said peripheral memory control register means, an output of said peripheral memory control means being connected to an input of said peripheral memory control register means, said selector means being connected to an input of said peripheral memory control register means and supplying an operational-state signal thereto, said step-blocking circuit being connected to an input of said peripheral memory control register means and supplying a stepping signal thereto, said peripheral memories being connected to an input of said tact-blocking circuit and to said peripheral control means and supplying said start signal to said tact-blocking circuit and to said peripheral control means when said peripheral memory control register means produces a logical one output signal, said peripheral memories being connected to the reset input of said peripheral memory control register means and supplying said stop signal thereto, an output of said peripheral memory control register means being connected to said peripheral memorY reaction gate means via said second shaping means and an output of said peripheral memory control means being connected to said peripheral memory reaction gate means and supplying the output signal of said peripheral memory control register means to said peripheral memory reaction gate means when said peripheral memory control register means produces a logical zero output signal, an output of said peripheral memory reaction gate means being connected to an input of said forward motion permitting circuit means.