JPH027162A - Presentation estimating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To estimate the necessary time of presentation by analyzing presentation data, calculating an information quantity, and obtaining the time of the presentation from the information quantity. CONSTITUTION:The information quantity of the presentation data inputted by an input part 1 is calculated by an information presentation quantity analyzing part 7 with the use of an information quantity converting table 8. The information quantity is derived from with the size of a character and the relation of a graphic as elements. The necessary estimate time of the presentation for the obtained information quantity is calculated by a time estimating part 5 by using a time converting table 6. The necessary estimate time is derived by weighting the significance of the data for the respective data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a presentation estimation device that estimates the time required for a presentation based on the amount of information presented for each sheet of presentation material.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, presentation time estimates have been made only empirically. For example, OHP and slides - average 2 per sheet
If I were to give a presentation of about m minutes in total, it would be about m/2 sheets, so I was estimating that the number of OHPs or slides I had created would be more or less. However, when actually giving a presentation, there is often too much information written on each page, and the presentation time is often exceeded.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, it has not been possible to appropriately estimate the presentation time using conventional time estimation that relies on intuition and experience.

Based on such facts, it is an object of the present invention to provide a presentation estimation device that analyzes presentation materials, calculates the amount of information presented per sheet, and estimates presentation time based on this.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problem) The present invention includes an input section for inputting presentation materials and instructing display, etc., a material storage section for storing presentation materials inputted from the input section, and a presentation material storage section for storing presentation materials inputted from the input section. an information presentation amount analysis section for analyzing materials and calculating the amount of information to be displayed; an estimation section for estimating the presentation time based on the amount of information presentation obtained from the analysis section; and an estimating section for outputting presentation materials, time, etc. It is characterized by being equipped with an output section for.

(Function) According to the present invention, since the presentation time can be estimated based on the amount of information presented by the presentation materials, it is possible to give a presentation commensurate with the amount of information.

In other words, it becomes easier for the creator to make an estimate, and it becomes easier for the audience to create a presentation that is easy to listen to and understand.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a presentation estimation device according to this embodiment.

The input unit 1 is an input means such as a keyboard or a scanner, and is used to input data such as characters, figures, graphs, tables, images, etc. that make up presentation materials, and to instruct the display and editing of these data. It is.

Presentation materials inputted from the input section 1 are given to the information management section 2, which manages the entire apparatus.

The information management section 2 displays this material on the output section 4 as shown in FIG. 2, for example, and stores it in the material storage section 3.

The information presentation amount analysis section 7 analyzes the presentation materials stored in the material storage section 3 and calculates the information presentation amount based on the information amount conversion table 8 stored in the format shown in FIG. 3, for example. do.

The operation of the information presentation amount analysis section 7 will be explained below using FIG. 2 as an example.

The information presentation amount analysis unit 7 first analyzes the presentation material as shown in FIG. 2, and calculates the size of each data type according to the information amount conversion table 8 as shown in FIG.
Calculate as shown in the figure. (In this case, the information amount term is Null
) For example, the conversion rate in Figure 3 is for expressing the amount of information as the number of characters, but it is not necessarily limited to this.Characters smaller than 0.5d are used without converting the amount of information as is. , 1.0.

Also, when multiple shapes are combined (grouped) to have a single meaning,
A value Q greater than 1.0 (References.

Yoshida: Speed of information processing in the visual system, NHK Giken Monthly Report, 1986.4. According to ρpH8-123, 4.5)
Conversion is performed by On the other hand, for items that are not grouped, conversion is performed using a value of 1.0 or less.

If the format shown in FIG. 3 is different and the data type is also different, the analysis by the information presentation amount analysis unit 7 will also be different.

The format of FIG. 4 is also different accordingly.

The information presentation amount analysis unit 7 calculates the information presentation amount shown in FIG. 2 using the conversion rate shown in FIG. 3 and the size shown in FIG. is calculated as follows.

II = 1. OX(!1+KCE,+Qβ1+m
β2+rl/x+ """This value is stored in the information storage section 9 by replacing the term of information amount in FIG. 4 with In, for example.

Next, the time estimator 5 converts the amount of information stored in the information storage section 9 in the format shown in FIG. 4 and the time conversion table 6 in the format shown in FIGS. 5(a) and (b), for example. Estimate the time using

The operation will be described below.

In order to estimate the time for the presentation material as shown in FIG. 2, the time estimating section 5 first reads out the information electrician □ stored in the information storage section 9 in the format as shown in FIG. 4, for example. For example, using the conversion rate for "normal" in Figure 5(a), the required time is T = 2. Estimate as OX In (seconds).

Also, important information should be presented slowly and over time. In such a case, the degree of importance is read out from the data as shown in FIG. 4 stored in the information storage unit 9 which indicates that the presentation parameter is "important".If the value is less than 2, for example, it is "important". The "normal" conversion rate is used, but if it is 2 or more, the "important" conversion rate of 4.0 seconds and 72 characters is applied.

In Figure 2, the importance level is "2", so the required time is T = 4. OX In (seconds) becomes.

This degree of importance may be set for each material from the input unit 1, or may be set by analyzing the content of the material by another means.

Moreover, as for the time conversion rate, it is also possible to set a conversion rate for each user as shown in FIG. 5(b), in addition to the parameters according to the content of the material as shown in FIG. 5(a). If no users are specifically configured, the required time is estimated as follows.

On the other hand, in the case of a user (or audience) who speaks slowly, using the conversion rate of user A, T = 1.5
X 2. OX1. (seconds).

The conversion rates shown in FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b) can be set directly from the input unit 1. Alternatively, it can also be calculated by measuring the presentation time.

Furthermore, the estimated time and the measured time can be displayed on the output unit 2 as shown in FIG. 6 to assist the user in modifying the materials or changing the method of presentation.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the time conversion rate and user conversion rate (
5) is used for each slide or 0HPI sheet, but it is also possible to use it by setting it for each data type in the information amount conversion table (FIG. 3).

Furthermore, the display format of the estimated time is not limited to the format shown in FIG. 6.

〔Effect of the invention〕 [Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 6 are diagrams for explaining a presentation estimation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration. 2 and 6 are diagrams showing examples of display screens, and FIGS. 3, 4, and 5 are diagrams showing examples of data storage structures. 1...Input section, 3...Data storage section. 5... Time estimation section, 7... Information presentation amount analysis section, 8... Information amount conversion table. 9... Information storage unit. 2... Information management section, 4... Output section, 6... Time conversion table,

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) An input section for inputting presentation materials such as characters and figures, a material storage section for storing the presentation materials, and an analysis of the presentation materials stored in this material storage section to calculate the amount of information to be presented. Equipped with an information presentation amount analysis section, an estimation section that estimates the required time for a presentation based on the information presentation amount calculated by the information presentation amount analysis section, and an output section that outputs the required time estimated by this estimation section. A presentation estimation device characterized by: (2) The presentation estimation device according to claim 1, wherein the time required per unit information presentation amount used by the estimation section at the time of estimation is variable. (3) The presentation estimation device according to claim 2, further comprising a measurement unit that measures the presentation time of presentation materials, and calculates the required time per unit amount of information presentation from the obtained measured time.