Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Akira Hirami

Yasuhiro Taguchi

Fumihiro Inoue

Hiroki Sugimoto

A word processing device with an automatic address-input function comprises a keyboard for inputting a postal code and address; a memory for storing the postal code and address inputted from the keyboard, in correlation with each other; and a processing unit for retrieving a postal code identical with the postal code inputted from the keyboard among postal codes stored in the, memory, for reading an address corresponding to the retrieved postal code from the memory and for making the memory store the address in correlation with a postal code inputted from the keyboard.

Word processing device with an automatic address-input function

An information processing device having a function of designating a printing-start position comprises a keyboard for inputting various data and applying various designations, a printer for printing various data on a sheet, a memory for storing data inputted from the keyboard, a control unit for controlling the printer so that printing is started from a printing-start position when the designation of the printing-start position on the sheet is applied from the keyboard and for reading data from the memory and causing the printer to print.

Information processing device having a function of designating a

A character entry device comprises a keyboard having at least one specific key, a memory, and controls. When codes corresponding to particular characters are input through the keyboard, the memory is operable to store each of the particular characters in sequence in correspondence with the specific key. The controls are operable to be controlled such that, when the specific key is operated, the corresponding particular character is entered in accordance with the content of the memory. Thus, the device is capable of ensuring that a particular character which is not provided with a corresponding character key on the keyboard can be entered with a remarkably improved level of efficiency.

Character entry device

An editing system for use in a word processor includes a letter code producer for sequentially producing letter codes, a document memory having a plurality of memory elements aligned in vertical and horizontal directions with each memory element capable of storing one letter code, and an arrangement for setting vertical and horizontal boundaries within the document memory to divide the document memory into a plurality of columns or blocks, each column or block, having a plurality of lines, and different priorities being assigned to the columns or block. A column buffer is provided for storing line addresses from top to bottom in each of the columns or blocks and in the order of columns or blocks having a higher priority, and an address data producer is provided for sequentially producing address data of the memory elements in each line and in the order of lines as stored in the column buffer. A CPU is provided for controlling the depositing of the letter codes from the letter code producer to the document memory in compliance with the address data produced from the address data producer.

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Nara, Japan

Akira Hirami