Patent Number 4891770 Issue Date 1990 01 02 Appl. Data 077918 1987 07 27 Assignee British Telecommunications public limited company Inventor(s) Hollett, Raymond M. State/Country GB2 Title Apparatus and process for creating variably sized block diagrams to accommodate variable text contents while yet retaining overall block shape Abstract A computer aided design system processes input instructions to produce block diagrams. Each block has sub-blocks and text may be placed into each sub-block. The system then automatically draws the blocks to an optimum size. Boundaries defining the edge of a plurality of blocks are moved to accommodate the bounded sub-block requiring the most space. U.S. Class 395/141 340/731 395/144 IPC G06F 3/153 U.S. Refs 4710885 4755955 Other Refs Patents Abstracts of Japan, vol. 10, No. 26 (P-425) [2083], 31st Jan. 1986; & JP-A-60 176 178, (Fujitsu). Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Computers, ICCC80, 1st-3rd Oct. 1980, vol. 1, pp. 107-110, IEEE, N.Y., U.S.; Rubin: "A Logic Design Data Entry System"-p. 107, col. 1, lines 46-50; p. 108, col. 1, lines 1-9; p. 109, col. 2, lines 30-39, 55-62. Priority GBX 19860731 8618664 Patent Number 4898483 Issue Date 1990 02 06 Appl. Data 141514 1988 01 07 Assignee Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Inventor(s) Iizuka, Taiji State/Country JPX Title Electronic typewriter equipped with a personal computer Abstract An electronic typewriter equipped with a personal computer has a first processing unit which includes hardware capable of receiving software, such as a word processor program, so that the electronic typewriter can serve as a personal computer; a second processing unit which includes hardware capable of receiving software of an electronic typewriter; and a keyboard. A selection switch is provided for selecting between a personal computer mode and a typewriter mode. The selection switch allows the user to interrupt the personal computer mode to allow the insertion of a typewritten word onto the document being produced without destroying the process being carried in the personal computer mode. U.S. Class 400/61 340/711 364/131 364/146 364/189 395/112 395/144 395/146 400/70 400/83 IPC B41J 5/40 U.S. Refs 4651300 4742485 Foreign Refs EPX 198006 0042895 DEX 198410 3314693 DEX 198708 3605721 JPX 197702 20795 JPX 198304 59-884 JPX 198506 104380 JPX 198609 211072 GBX 198209 2094050 WOX 198104 WO81/00987 Priority JPX 19870109 62-3808 Patent Number 4901248 Issue Date 1990 02 13 Appl. Data 139740 1987 12 30 Assignee Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Inventor(s) Ueno, Hideo Yamada, Keiko State/Country JPX Title Printing device with compressed text data memory Abstract A printing device with a data memory efficiently stores character code data and other attribute data in a limited memory region. If a character code of a print data input from the keyboard is a space code, the print data is nullified, and a pitch data corresponding to the space code is added to the pitch data corresponding to the character code previously stored in a correction memory. Namely, the data are compressed. Since only the print data excepting the space code data is stored in the memory, the limited memory region is efficiently used. U.S. Class 395/144 341/90 395/110 395/115 400/3 400/61 IPC G06F 5/00 U.S. Refs 4054951 4458333 4467363 4597057 4641263 4701745 Priority JPX 19870107 62-1217 Patent Number 4924409 Issue Date 1990 05 08 Appl. Data 394317 1989 08 11 Assignee Canon Kabushiki Kasiah Inventor(s) Fukunaga, Kouji State/Country JPX Title Image processing apparatus wherein character string processing can be performed on a display screen Abstract There is an image processing apparatus which can perform the character processing works of character string on a display screen such as a CRT. This apparatus has: a keyboard having a special function input section to input a special code and a normal character input section to input normal code information different from the special code; a first memory to continuously store, as addresses, the special code inputted by the keyboard to display information on the basis of the codes stored in the first memory; a second memory to store the positional information regarding the special code; and a controller to control the display for allowing predetermined information to be displayed on the display on the basis of the special code stored in the first memory. The above special code may include either of carriage return code, tab code, centering code, gathering code, and space code. With this apparatus, the input and edit proceedings of new characters can be easily executed at any positions on the CRT by use of a buffer memory of a small capacity, so that the use efficiency of the memory is improved. U.S. Class 395/144 340/750 364/DIG2 364/920.7 364/927.2 364/927.4 364/927.5 364/928 364/928.2 364/939 364/939.3 364/943 364/943.1 364/943.4 364/943.44 IPC G06F 3/02 G06F 15/20 G09G 1/06 U.S. Refs 3911404 3930237 3974493 4040024 4057849 4131949 4194197 4195353 4425629 4445194 4488254 Priority JPX 19831122 58-218729 JPX 19831122 58-218730 JPX 19831122 58-218731 JPX 19831122 58-218732 Related Data This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 088,544, filed Aug. 20, 1987, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 673,157, filed on Nov. 19, 1984now abandoned. Patent Number 4926326 Issue Date 1990 05 15 Appl. Data 231477 1988 08 12 Inventor(s) McKinley, Robert E. State/Country VA Title Coin-operated message display system Abstract A coin-operated message display system used by the public under the control or censorship of a system operator. Typical uses are in skating rinks, convention halls, stadiums and other public gathering places. The user inserts a coin, dollar bill or combination thereof to activate the message insertion process. A joy stick controls movement of a cursor to position it over a letter or symbol to be selected in forming the message. An input button is depressed to make an individual selection so as to fill spaces on a matrix in sequential fashion. A delete button and a backspace button facilitate changes and corrections. When the desired message is completed, the user has the option of selecting how the message will enter and exit the display board. The user then presses the transmit button. This signals the system operator at the main central processing unit who reads the message and either approves or disapproves the message. If approved, the message is stored in a memory unit for display in time sequence. If disapproved, the message is deleted from the memory. The system operator can also enter messages and fixed advertising messages are also interspersed on the display panel. U.S. Class 364/410 340/717 395/144 IPC G06F 3/033 U.S. Refs 3868675 4293855 4313227 4405984 4430639 4513295 4531184 4639720 4720709 4761641 4774662 Patent Number 4947346 Issue Date 1990 08 07 Appl. Data 443819 1989 11 29 Assignee Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Inventor(s) Kamiya, Shin State/Country JPX Title Word processor displaying instructions by monitoring user's key operations Abstract A word processor stores sequences of key operations corresponding to its many word processing functions and monitors the sequence of key operations by the user. If it is found that the user has operated keys in one of the stored sequences for a specified number of times, sentences explaining the corresponding function of the word processor are displayed. U.S. Class 395/144 341/22 364/DIG2 364/920 364/927.2 364/927.4 364/928 364/928.2 364/928.3 364/928.5 364/942.7 364/943 364/943.43 364/947 364/947.2 364/965 364/965.5 364/972 395/155 IPC G06F 3/02 U.S. Refs 4523298 4648062 4789962 Priority JPX 19870629 62-161510 Related Data This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 201,645, filed June 2, 1988, now abandoned. Patent Number 4958301 Issue Date 1990 09 18 Appl. Data 330481 1989 03 30 Assignee Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Inventor(s) Kobayashi, Hironobu State/Country JPX Title Method of and apparatus for converting attributes of display data into desired colors in accordance with relation Abstract An apparatus for displaying display data without color competition includes a memory for storing the display data, attributes being assigned to portions of the display data in units of pixels, a controller for obtaining, in response to an input change instruction, a relation between the display data portions and a size of an area of each display data portion, and for determining display code data in accordance with the relation and the sizes, and a display unit for reading out the display data from the memory and displaying the display data with colors determined in accordance with the display code data. U.S. Class 395/131 340/703 358/80 395/132 395/144 395/147 IPC G06F 3/153 U.S. Refs 4509043 4580135 4689669 4843379 4857909 4881067 4901258 4907288 Priority JPX 19880330 63-74533 Patent Number 4965772 Issue Date 1990 10 23 Appl. Data 063618 1987 06 15 Assignee International Business Machines Corporation Inventor(s) Daniel, Arthur A. Moore, Robert E. Anderson, Catherine J. Gelm, Thomas J. Kiter, Raymond F. Meeham, John P. Stevenson, John G. Troan, Lawrence E. State/Country MN Title Method and apparatus for communication network alert message construction Abstract The construction and display of operator messages representative of alert conditions in a network is described. Code points, which are strings of bits, are generated in response to an event in a device attached to the network. The code points are used to index predefined tables that contain relatively short units of text messages in operator selectable languages to be used in building an operator's information display. A product attached to a network, an alert sender, will generate a series of code points representative of desired display messages for an operator. The messages are indepedent of the specific alert sending product insofar as an alert receiver is concerned. The operator can also choose between detailed and general display messages. The code points are hierarchically arranged so that if the alert receiver does not have the most up to date set of messages, the alert receiver will display a more generic message which is still representative of the event. U.S. Class 395/275 364/DIG2 364/920 364/927.2 364/940 364/940.61 364/940.92 364/943.9 364/944.5 364/945.5 364/948.2 364/958 364/966 395/144 IPC G06F 15/403 U.S. Refs 4058672 4365315 4464543 4481577 4525830 4566078 4592053 4692946 4727366 4754326 4761542 Other Refs K. Hawley et al., "Multiple Language Display for Terminals", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 18, No. 8 (Jan., 1976). Vol. 26, No. 12, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, May, 1984, pp. 6385-6386, "IBM System/38 Alerts", authors Dickes, Fields, Fosdick, Proulx and Tappon. IEEE INFOCOM '86, IBM Research Triangle Park, Robert E. Moore, pp. 377-381, "Problem Detection, Isolation and Notification in Systems Network Architecture". Patent Number 4970502 Issue Date 1990 11 13 Appl. Data 792169 1985 10 25 Assignee Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Inventor(s) Kunikane, Akihiko Hashimoto, Shintaro Teramura, Satoshi Kobayashi, Kunihiro Iwase, Tetsuo State/Country JPX Title Running character display Abstract A dot matrix type liquid crystal display panel is used with a central processor unit for displaying a message longer than the capacity of the display panel. The beginning portion of the message of a length equal to the capacity of the display panel is first displayed at one time and held on the display panel for a limited length of time facilitating the viewers' recognition of the meaning of the message. When the repeated display of the message is desired, the display state where the end of the message is in alignment with the last digit position of the display panel is held for a given length of time. The first and final holdings of the message results in enhancing legibility of the display contents on the panel. U.S. Class 340/792 364/DIG2 364/927.2 364/927.5 364/927.62 364/928 364/928.5 364/928.6 364/947 364/947.6 364/975 395/100 395/144 IPC G05B 41/44 U.S. Refs 3432846 3493956 3868675 3925775 4005388 4024531 4205312 Other Refs Medical and Biological Engineering, "An Alphanumeric Display as a Communication Aid for the Dumb", Newell et al., Jan. 1975, pp. 84-88. Priority JPX 19790827 54-109570 JPX 19790827 54-109571 JPX 19790907 54-115483 Related Data This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 181,415, filed on Aug. 26, 1980, now abandoned. Patent Number 4972349 Issue Date 1990 11 20 Appl. Data 393838 1989 08 14 Inventor(s) Kleinberger, Paul J. State/Country ILX Title Information retrieval system and method Abstract A computerized information retriveal system is formed of a textbase of texts of variable length and content. The texts are selected from the textbase on the basis of Boolean logic searches among keywords associated with the texts. When a group is retrieved from such a search, the system automatically segregates the texts based on the presence or absence of a criterion key keyword selected so as to segregate the texts into sub-groups. The same criterion key analysis can then be applied recursively to the sub-groups. The resulting sub-groups are then displayed to the user in a hierarchical display to illustrate the relationships amoung the texts. A string comparison routine is also disclosed to search for similar keywords. U.S. Class 395/144 364/DIG2 364/927.2 364/927.4 364/943 364/943.5 364/946.2 364/948.2 364/948.22 364/963 364/963.1 364/974 364/974.3 364/974.4 364/974.6 IPC G06F 15/40 U.S. Refs 4255796 4358824 4450520 4453217 4471459 4495566 4499553 4554631 4580218 Foreign Refs JPX 198501 0130050 Other Refs Ozkarahan: "Database Machines and Database Management", 1986, Prentice-Hall, Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J., U.S.), pp. 498-522. Salton, G.: "Automatic Information Organization and Retrieval", 1968, McGraw-Hill Book Company (N.Y., U.S.), pp. 57-65. Related Data This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 06/938,163, filed Dec. 4, 1986, now abandoned. Patent Number 4980855 Issue Date 1990 12 25 Appl. Data 089267 1987 08 25 Assignee Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Inventor(s) Kojima, Yasumichi State/Country JPX Title Information processing system with device for checking spelling of selected words extracted from mixed character data streams from electronic typewriter Abstract A date checking system optionally attached to a host device like a typewriter has two buffers, a predetermined cut-out rule and a dictionary ROM. A data queue from the host device is temporarily stored in one of the buffers, and then one word is cut out therefrom by cut-out codes like a space or punctuation mark to be stored in another buffer, where the word is locked up in the dictionary ROM to determine if the spelling thereof is correct. U.S. Class 395/144 340/711 364/DIG2 364/927.95 364/928 364/930 364/936 364/943 364/943.1 364/943.41 364/943.43 364/947.2 364/957.6 364/965 364/965.4 364/965.5 364/975 395/250 400/63 400/74 IPC G06F 3/09 G06F 7/02 G06F 12/02 G06F 15/21 U.S. Refs 3780846 3995254 4041467 4136395 4198906 4218760 4323315 4328561 4339806 4355371 4383307 4408302 4413318 4420817 4438505 4439836 4456969 4467446 4498148 4499553 4502128 4503426 4503514 4548520 4559598 4564301 4567573 4580241 4584667 4590560 4594686 4611995 4651300 4655620 4671684 4672571 Foreign Refs EPX 198401 0097818 EPX 198607 0187454 JPX 198402 59-26280 GBX 198007 1572709 Other Refs B. A. Barker et al., "Method for Detecting and Correcting Selected Word Spelling Errors in a Text Processing System", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 25, No. 8, Jan. 1983, p. 4225. I. H. Hernandez et al., "Interactive Spelling Correction Aid for a Text Processing System", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 25, No. 8, Jan. 1983, pp. 4227-4228. D. Wendel et al., "Using the ON Mode", CPT Spelling Checker I, Mar. 1983, 4 pages. V. A. Mayfield, "8-Bit Character Encoding for Multiple Languages", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 26, No. 2, Jul. 1983, p. 537. P. S. Cohen et al., "Video Disc Dictionary System", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 25, No. 8, Jan. 1983, p. 4209. T. L. Adam et al., "Spelling, Processing Functions Operator Interface", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 24, No. 10, Mar. 1982, pp. 5003-5008. R. Hackett, "Spelling Checking Typewriter", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 18, No. 2, Jul. 1975, pp. 530-531. Priority JPX 19860829 61-204535 Patent Number 4991118 Issue Date 1991 02 05 Appl. Data 338997 1989 04 17 Assignee International Business Machines Corp. Inventor(s) Akiyama, Alex A. Busboom, Leah J. H. Maitland, Jr., William J. State/Country JPX Title Enhanced data stream processing in a fixed function terminal Abstract An enhanced fixed function video display terminal having various features for the efficient transmission of data streams. The video display terminal may have a memory for storing substantially more characters than can be displayed to the operator on the display screen width and length. This permits manipulation of data at document page boundaries, scrolling, etc. One or more extended attribute buffers are added to enable characters to be displayed in a variety of fonts, colors, etc. The data stream from the host computer to the display terminal and from the display terminal to the host computer contains data characters and attribute characters which are interleaved for efficiency in input/output programming. When receiving data, the display terminal has the capability of parsing the data stream into data or attribute characters and adding pad characters to completely fill the display buffers. Similarly, the display terminal interleaves data and attribute characters and compacts the data stream by stripping pad characters when sending data back to the host computer. U.S. Class 395/144 364/DIG1 364/DIG2 364/222.2 364/225.6 364/238.6 364/238.9 364/260.4 364/260.6 364/260.7 364/260.9 364/514 364/926.1 364/926.3 364/926.8 364/926.9 364/926.93 364/927.2 364/927.4 364/927.92 364/927.93 364/927.99 364/928 364/933.9 364/935 364/935.4 364/935.44 364/939 364/939.3 364/940.81 364/942.7 364/943 364/943.43 364/946.2 364/946.6 364/948.4 364/948.5 364/950 364/952 364/952.8 395/275 IPC G06K 1/00 U.S. Refs 4587633 4937784 Patent Number 4992974 Issue Date 1991 02 12 Appl. Data 462949 1990 01 05 Assignee Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Inventor(s) Onoda, Hiroshi State/Country JPX Title Data processing device for processing a combination of data items Abstract In a data processing device for processing a preset procedure with respect to one data item or two data items shown on a display means (e.g. liquid crystal display, cathode ray tube or printed paper), the designating operation of the one data item and that of the two data items are made common and simplified. When a pointer points one of the data elements of a data item, the data item is designated. When the pointer points between two data items, a combination of the two data items before and after the pointer is designated. U.S. Class 395/144 364/DIG2 364/419 364/927.2 364/927.4 364/927.6 364/927.61 364/928 364/928.2 364/929.12 364/943 364/943.42 364/943.43 364/972.2 395/575 IPC G06F 12/00 G06F 15/40 U.S. Refs 4384329 4456973 4683468 4725829 4739314 4774666 4783759 4786894 Foreign Refs EPX 198606 0115947 Other Refs IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 26, No. 11, Apr. 1984, pp. 6110-6111, N.Y., U.S., R.G. Carlgren et al. Priority JPX 19870512 62-70543 Related Data This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/192,359 filed May 10, 1988, now abandoned. Patent Number 5005127 Issue Date 1991 04 02 Appl. Data 262313 1988 10 25 Assignee Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Inventor(s) Kugimiya, Shuzo Fukumochi, Yoji Nakamura, Ichiko Hirai, Tokuyuki Suzuki, Hitoshi State/Country JPX Title System including means to translate only selected portions of an input sentence and means to translate selected portions according to distinct rules Abstract A machine translation apparatus includes a morpheme analyzer having a dictionary for analyzing a source sentence into morphemes and for obtaining part of speech and other information using the dictionary, a syntax analyzer having grammatical rules for analyzing the structure of the morphemes identified by the morpheme analyzer using the dictionary and grammatical rules, a convertor for converting the structure obtained by the syntax analyzer to a structure of the target language, and a translated sentence generator for generating a translated sentence according to the structure of the target language obtained by the convertor. The translation apparatus further includes a marker entry for entering a no-conversion start marker and a no-conversion end marker in the input sentence, so that during the generation of the target language, the words between the no-conversion start and end markers are developed without being translated. Furthermore, a distinct translation phrase marker is used to separate the entered source sentence, so that the translation can be separately carried out between the separated sections. U.S. Class 364/419 364/DIG1 364/DIG2 364/226.4 364/237.2 364/237.3 364/238.6 364/238.9 364/239 364/920.4 395/100 395/144 IPC G06F 15/38 U.S. Refs 4787038 4791587 Foreign Refs EPX 198705 0244871 GBX 198406 2131582 GBX 198406 2131583 GBX 198802 2193358 GBX 198802 2193362 GBX 198806 2199170 Priority JPX 19871026 62-271287 JPX 19871028 62-272638 Patent Number 5043916 Issue Date 1991 08 27 Appl. Data 464702 1990 01 16 Assignee Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Inventor(s) Kawai, Shoichi State/Country JPX Title Data processing device for processing and displaying table data Abstract In a data processing device for processing table data, a memory is adapted for storing the table data lined up in matrix shape. The data of each of the table elements can be displayed with the line item name and the row item name in a display unit having a small number of lines so that the table data may have a corresponding identification for a row and a line. U.S. Class 395/144 IPC G06F 15/20 U.S. Refs 4012725 4646081 Priority JPX 19860617 61-142587 JPX 19860731 61-181701 JPX 19860731 61-181702 JPX 19860731 61-181703 JPX 19860731 61-181704 Related Data This applicationn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 062,947 filed on June 16, 1987, now abandoned. Patent Number 5045967 Issue Date 1991 09 03 Appl. Data 179263 1988 04 08 Assignee Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Inventor(s) Igarashi, Masaru State/Country JPX Title Multi-color image forming apparatus Abstract A multi-color image forming apparatus includes a first memory for storing a plurality of image data together with corresponding color data. An output device is provided for outputting image data onto an output medium. A designation device is provided for designating desired ones of the plurality of image data stored in the first memory and positions on the output medium at which the designated image data are to be output. A plurality of second memories are provided, each storing designated image data for a different color. Control circuitry controls the output device and the plurality of second memories to output the designated image data at their respective positions and in their separate colors on the output medium. U.S. Class 395/131 395/117 395/135 395/144 IPC G06F 15/20 U.S. Refs 4520358 4564915 4590463 4635048 4694288 4811281 4813013 Foreign Refs EPX 198003 0008324 EPX 198605 0180021 DEX 198307 3244653 DEX 198504 3433868 Priority JPX 19870415 62-090977 Patent Number 5068809 Issue Date 1991 11 26 Appl. Data 486800 1990 03 01 Assignee Oce-Nederland B.V. Inventor(s) Verhelst, Paulus W. E. Winiger, Werner J. Collard, Rene F. A. State/Country NLX Title Formatting system Abstract Desktop publishing system for preparing and managing documents in accordance with a model defined by graphic properties by using input document information and commands. This model is specified by a number of differently oriented sets of grid lines equidistantly oriented per set, for the positioning of said document information. On the basis of the last grid line used as reference line for graphic elements, the format data of the graphic elements positioned as well as to be positioned, and a certain spacing a grid line to be defined as the next reference line for the graphic elements to be positioned is selected from the grid lines following the first mentioned reference line. U.S. Class 395/145 395/144 IPC G06F 3/14 U.S. Refs 4608664 4723209 4755955 4891770 4974174 Foreign Refs EPX 198612 0199908 Other Refs Gutnecht, J.; "Concepts of the Text Editor Lara", Communications of the ACM, Sep. 1985; vol. 28, No. 9, pp. 942-959. Morris, R. A.; "Is What You See Enough to Get?", Proteat II, Boole Press Limited; 1985 pp. 56-81. Priority NLX 19890302 8900519 Patent Number 5075851 Issue Date 1991 12 24 Appl. Data 549944 1990 07 09 Assignee Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Inventor(s) Kugimiya, Shuzo Sata, Ichiko Hirai, Tokuyuki Fukumochi, Yoji Suzuki, Hitoshi State/Country JPX Title System for translating a source language word with a prefix into a target language word with multiple forms Abstract A translating apparatus includes: a prefix table for storing a prefix and a plurality of translated words of the prefix such that the translated words of the prefix are, respectively, composed of different kinds of characters of a target language. There is in the apparatus a prefix decision device for deciding whether or not one of morphemes obtained by a morphological analysis portion is a basic word combined with the prefix. The apparatus also has a character discriminating device for discriminating, in the case where it has been decided by the prefix decision device that the one of the morphemes obtained by the morphological analysis portion is the basic word combined with the prefix, a kind of characters of a translated word of the basic word. In addition there is a prefix translating device in the apparatus for generating one of the translated words of the prefix from the prefix table such that the one of the translated words of the prefix is composed of characters of the same kind as that of the characters of the translated word of the basic word, which has been discriminated by the character discriminating device. U.S. Class 364/419 395/144 IPC G06F 15/20 Foreign Refs JPX 198800 0109572 Priority JPX 19890712 1-180764 Patent Number 5095448 Issue Date 1992 03 10 Appl. Data 464855 1990 01 17 Assignee Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Inventor(s) Obuchi, Yasuji Hamada, Akira Miyoshi, Hideo Akiyama, Hirokatsu State/Country JPX Title Data displaying apparatus with novel graphic position and ratio display means Abstract A data displaying apparatus including a storing device for storing one or more data, a displaying device for displaying one or more data stored in the storing device on a screen and a processor, wherein the processor calculates a sum of the maximum lengths to the left and right of a predetermined position within each data which can be displayed on the screen by left scrolling and right scrolling from the predetermined position to determine the maximum display data, also calculates the position and the ratio in the lateral direction of display data displayed on the screen with respect to the maximum display data, displays the calculated position and ratio on the screen in a graphic form, and also displays the display data on the screen while justifying it at the above-mentioned predetermined position. U.S. Class 395/144 395/155 IPC G06F 15/62 U.S. Refs 4862390 4989610 5001697 Priority JPX 19890119 1-10157 Patent Number 5119081 Issue Date 1992 06 02 Appl. Data 316857 1989 02 28 Assignee Ricoh Company, Ltd. Inventor(s) Ikehira, Kimimasa State/Country JPX Title Control apparatus of image filing system Abstract A control apparatus of an image filing system has an image memory device for storing high and low resolution image information for displaying an image on each page of a manuscript with high and low resolutions, respectively; a plurality of page buffers for temporarily storing the image information; an image search display device for reading the low resolution image information out of an optical disk to search the image and storing the read low resolution image information to one of the page buffers, and displaying the image on a screen by the low resolution image information; and an image processing device for reading the high resolution image information out of the optical disk to perform various kinds of designated image processing and storing the read high resolution image information to another one of the page buffers, and performing the various kinds of image processing with respect to the high resolution image information. The control apparatus further has a functional device for performing in parallel the various kinds of image processing with respect to the high resolution image information and the image display on the screen by the low resolution image information. U.S. Class 340/723 340/731 340/735 364/DIG2 364/920.7 364/926.1 364/927.2 364/927.63 364/927.92 364/927.93 364/928 364/929 364/930 364/930.42 364/932 364/932.62 364/942.8 364/952 364/952.1 364/952.31 364/957 364/957.1 364/959.1 364/965 364/965.5 364/976 364/976.1 382/55 382/61 395/128 395/144 IPC G09G 1/06 U.S. Refs 4020463 4455554 4604653 4808987 4829453 4931957 Foreign Refs DEX 198511 3446593 DEX 198808 3826158 JPX 198709 212879 JPX 198709 217367 Priority JPX 19880311 63-56160 Patent Number 5122953 Issue Date 1992 06 16 Appl. Data 400768 1989 08 30 Assignee Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Inventor(s) Uekusa, Akihiko Sugiyama, Shinko Hamada, Masaki Shirasaka, Akifumi Yaguchi, Tetsuaki State/Country JPX Title Word processor for automatically defining the position, size, and form of a symbol and formula Abstract A word processor capable of creating a formula during a document editing process by automatically setting a range of a formula in a document being edited with an instrument of a formula process start command and allowing a switching operation between the document editing process and the formula creating process to be easily made. This allows the formula to be edited on a block basis, thereby facilitating the editing operation such as modification, addition, or deletion of the formula in accordance with any editing of character trains or symbols inside and outside the formula in a well-balanced manner. The word processor is also capable of automatically defining the position, size, and form of a symbol in accordance with the length and form of an object to which the symbol is to be added, so that the position, size, and form of the symbol can be automatically accommodated in accordance with any change in the object to which the symbol is to be added without bothering an operator. The word processor is further capable of not only adding a symbol to an already input text, but also inputting paired symbols which are mutually spaced apart such as a pair of parentheses with a single input operation. U.S. Class 364/419 395/144 395/146 395/149 IPC G06F 15/38 G06F 15/00 U.S. Refs 4710885 4723209 4815029 4829470 Other Refs Microsoft Word, 1984, (Formula, pp. 98-105) (for the Apple Macintosh). Priority JPX 19880831 63-216942 JPX 19880831 63-216952 JPX 19880831 63-216960 Patent Number 5146555 Issue Date 1992 09 08 Appl. Data 221350 1988 07 19 Assignee Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Inventor(s) Kiyohara, Toshimi State/Country JPX Title High speed page turning control system and method with display window compression Abstract A high speed page turning control system and method which is capable of representing the page turning process by actively displaying the image of a compressed window on a display, for example a CRT. A first page is displayed on a display, a second page is overlapped with the first page. The first page, is compressed and the image on the second page comes into further view until only the second page is displayed on the display. To do a previous page the display is effected in reverse order. U.S. Class 395/157 340/721 340/723 340/724 395/135 395/144 395/161 IPC G06F 3/14 G06F 15/62 G09G 5/14 U.S. Refs 4559533 4670752 4757302 4808987 4829453 Other Refs IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 28, No. 12, dated May 1986, pp. 5318 and 5319. Priority JPX 19870722 62-184059 Patent Number 5165012 Issue Date 1992 11 17 Appl. Data 422506 1989 10 17 Assignee Comshare Incorporated Inventor(s) Crandall, Richard L. Lieffers, Dorothy A. Beyer, Thomas P. Hansknecht, Paul E. Eschman, James K. State/Country MI Title Creating reminder messages/screens, during execution and without ending current display process, for automatically signalling and recalling at a future time Abstract A software reminder procedure that allows a user to save a display screen displayed by a currently executing process as part of a reminder message for later recall. The reminder message can be saved without exiting or ending the currently executing process. The display (and therefore the reminder) can be text, electronic mail messages, graphic screen displays, single screen displays, or multiple screen displays. Certain types of reminders are automatically updated when the data from which they were created is updated, so that a most current version is always displayed. U.S. Class 395/100 340/706 364/230.6 364/237.5 364/281.7 364/927.7 364/943 364/943.5 395/144 395/145 395/147 395/148 395/149 395/156 395/157 395/159 395/161 IPC G06F 15/62 U.S. Refs 4079449 4458331 4555775 4626836 4752893 4782521 4819191 4881179 4977520 5023851 Other Refs Comshare Commander Executive Information System Guide, 1987; Ser. No. 277094, pp. 1-12. Comshare Commander Executive's Guide; Dec. 1987; Ser. No. 290208. Comshare Commander Executive's Guide; Aug. 1988; Ser. No. 313365. Comshare Commander EIS Brochure; May 23, 1989; Ser. No. 342332. Multi-Dimensionality in a Decision Support System; 1983; Ser. No. 160645, pp. 1-12. What Makes System W Different?; 1988; Ser. No. 324238, pp. 1-10. What is Commander EIS?; Ser. No. 271450, 1987. Commander.RTM. EIS with Execu-View.TM.; Ser. No. 230697. "Strategic Information at Your Fingertips"; 1986, one page. Cambell Services Inc.; "Remainder.TM. Time Management and Follow-Up System"; Jun. 1986; Index #0126881. Comshare Inc.; "Redi-Mail, Reminder"; May 16, 1989, Index #0227119. Patent Number 5167016 Issue Date 1992 11 24 Appl. Data 459026 1989 12 29 Assignee Xerox Corporation Inventor(s) Bagley, Steven C. Kaplan, Ronald M. Hicks, Wayland R. Davies, Daniel State/Country CA Title Changing characters in an image Abstract An existing character, in a text defined in image form by data such as a two-dimensional array, is copied to add a new character to the text. The existing character is found by performing character recognition on a two-dimensional data array defining an image that includes part of the text, such as a page. The array can be obtained from a scanner. A word that is recognized as including characters of the type needed is tested to determine whether it can be divided into the correct number of characters. The word is divided by finding connected components in the part of the array in which the word was found during recognition. The connected components are grouped into sets, each set being likely to be a character. If the word can be correctly divided, character-size arrays for its characters are obtained and saved. One of the arrays for the character type of the new character is selected and used to produce an array for the word in which it is included. The new word's array is then used to produce an array for a line in which the new word replaces an old word. The characters of the new word are spaced according to the spacing of the characters of the old word. The new character is positioned transverse to the line based on the transverse positioning of the existing character. The interword spaces of the line are adjusted. The line's array is then used to produce data defining a modified version of the text in image form. U.S. Class 395/144 364/419 395/146 IPC G06F 15/20 U.S. Refs 3259883 3611291 3676856 3709525 3714636 3763471 3969698 4010445 4516262 4531231 4654875 4727588 4797855 4811412 4815029 4914709 4974260 4989258 5022081 Other Refs Wong, K. Y., Casey, R. G., and Wahl, F. M., "Document Analysis System," IBM Journal of Research and Development, vol. 26, No. 6, Nov. 1982, pp. 647-656. Casey, R. G., and Wong, K. Y., "Text Recognition Using Adaptive Software," Globecom '85, vol. 1, IEEE, 1985, pp. 353-357. Suenaga, Y., and Nagura, M., "A Facsimile Based Manuscript Layout and Editing System by Auxiliary Mark Recognition," 5th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Proceedings, Dec. 1-4, 1980, vol. 2, pp. 856-858. Suenaga, Y., "A Facsimile Based Text Editor Using Handwritten Mark Recognition," IJCAI-79: Proceedings of the Sixth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Tokyo, Aug. 20-23, 1979, vol. 2, pp. 856-858. Brickman, N. F., and Rosenbaum, W. S., "Word Autocorrelation Redundancy March (WARM) Technology," IBM Journal of Research and Development, vol. 26, No. 6, Nov. 1982, pp. 681-686. Holt, M. J. J., and Xydeas, C. S., "Compression of Document Image Data by Symbol Matching," in Cappellini, V., and Marconi, R., Eds., Advances in Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Elsevier Science Publishers, 1986, pp. 184-190. Patent Number 5175803 Issue Date 1992 12 29 Appl. Data 870472 1986 06 09 Inventor(s) Yeh, Victor C. State/Country NJ Title Method and apparatus for data processing and word processing in Chinese using a phonetic Chinese language Abstract A method and apparatus for data processing and word processing in the Chinese language. A Phonetic Chinese Language (PCL) is defined in which any ideogram can be unambiguously represented by a Phonetic Chinese Word (PCW) no more than four characters in length, each word being composed of letters selected from a defined set of letters that can each be uniquely represented by a 7-bit digital code. Each PCW represents one and only one ideogram and provides the full sound and tone information required to pronounce it. Ambiguities caused by homonyms and homotones are avoided. PCL words are translated into their corresponding ideograms and vice versa by means of a stored monosyllabic dictionary. A method for unambiguously separating a polysyllabic PCL character string into separate words is also provided, which makes it unnecessary to employ a polysyllabic dictionary. Also disclosed is a method of forming an alphagrammic listing from PCL character strings by separating the strings into separate characters and listing them in alphabetical order, provided that homotones and identical ideograms are grouped together even if strict alphabetical ordering of the string would have separated them. The disclosure also includes a keyboard adapted for efficiently entering PCL characters for processing. 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Yeh: A Chinese Typewriter and Teletypewriter System. Computer, vol. 18, No. 5, May 1985, M. Morita: Japanese Text-Input System. Information Processing 80, 1980, pp. 139-142, K. Kodama et al.: The Japanese Word Processor JW-10. IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 26, No. 3A, Aug. 1983, K. Kawai: Multiple Kana/Kanji Conversion Method. Related Data This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 745,302, filed Jun. 14, 1985.