This system was jointly developed by Miichisoft and Kensu. Kensu is a tutoring center with three offices in Tokyo. In addition to the basic functions of an e-learning system, this system is designed to utilize a camera device installed on the tablet to allow teachers to observe the learning process, such as student facial expressions and hand movements, with great accuracy.
Kensu is a Japanese tutoring center with three offices in Tokyo. Established in 2003, this center has successfully trained many students, with a 90% acceptance rate into famous Japanese schools.
Customer Challenges
This project was developed with many challenges during the Covid-19 epidemic. As an education center, Kensu was heavily affected by the social distancing rules. Kensu wanted to find a solution for students to attend learning classes regularly, even during the pandemic, rather than staying online at home. A solution would be to conduct online classes using computers, but with a simple online class system, it is difficult for teachers to control whether students are learning or not.
The learning space at the center is small, and the first floor can only seat 10-15 students. Therefore, the 2-meter social distancing causes a problem in arranging and optimizing the space.
Therefore, Kensu wanted to develop an E-learning system, where each student would sit in a separate space, and the teacher would take the class in the top space.
Customer Requirements
Kensu requires a system that uses the company’s LAN
When learning with a system, the video quality must be smooth, sharp, and lag-free, providing a learning experience similar to offline learning in class.
Due to the limited space, students and teachers requested compact tablets for use in class rather than installing a case machine.
Implement a camera system on the tablet to allow teachers to observe students 100% of the time.
In addition, the system is equipped with functions commonly found in e-learning systems, such as class schedule management and subject registration.
3 reasons that customer chooses Miichisoft
- Reason 1: We respond extremely quickly, from estimates and planning to development and market launch. This system was created during the epidemic, so if we don’t finish the project quickly, the system will likely be created but no longer usable when the epidemic ends and Japan returns to normal.
- Reason 2: We carefully analyze technical risks, benefits, and drawbacks, actively learn, and demonstrate to our customers that we can implement the problem. After completing the demo, the customer understood Miichisoft’s technical feasibility and capabilities.
- Reason 3: Affordable price
Miichisoft’s Solution
To solve the problem of ensuring that teachers can keep track of their students, Miichisoft has developed a camera system specifically for tablet devices.
- You can record and display the faces of students and teachers using Meet Jit (https://meet.jit.si/). Additionally, Miichisoft has customized the core of Meet Jit to display multi-cameras, allowing teachers to see both faces and hands and interact with student assignments.
- Use the tablet’s camera system to capture the student’s face, and point the external camera downward to capture the student’s hand movements. Miichisoft should reasonably design the camera and ensure the quality of the camera when observing on the screen is clear. So that students can see what they are writing and do the right or wrong thing.
- Use Meet Jit to build window applications requested by customers to use LAN. Build a window app using electron from Meet Jit.
- To address the problem of predictive transmission, Miichisoft has optimized the processing and transmission of data using multiple cameras to ensure that images are displayed without lag.
Besides developing features using technical domains
- Schedule management of subjects according to the timetable
- Calendar is convenient for class schedules and online course registration.
- Statistics of courses taken by many students
- Availability of a full calendar for each day and each subject
Project Results
The project was developed on time and completed with the highest customer satisfaction.
Throughout the system, the number of students at the center was not only maintained but also increased during the epidemic period.
This project is helping customers increase revenue and save time managing class schedules by up to 70% compared to previous manual management.
