Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Akitaka Morita

Shintaro Hashimoto

Hiroshi Tsuda

Toshio Nishimura

Eichika Matsuda

Isamu Haneda

Yoshimitsu Inamori

Toshiro Oba

Hiroshi Nittaya

Hisao Kunita

Yasuharu Tanaka

Hiroshi Takada

Toshihiro Takenaka

In a portable terminal device of the invention, when a menu key provided on a keyboard is depressed by an operator, a copy/move menu is displayed on a display area under the control of a CPU which detects this depression. Then, the CPU determines which is specified as data to be copied or moved, a set of data displayed on the display area or part of the set of data. The specified data is input to a transfer buffer, and a copy or move process is executed. In a case where an insert process is selected for inserting the data stored in The transfer buffer into another display position, the transfer data is transferred to an input buffer, so as to copy or move the transfer data to the other position.

Portable terminal device

An electronic data storage device and calculator apparatus having a memory for storing numerical data including numerical information and non-decimal point symbols for separating predetermined groups of digits of a numerical value into an easily read form. The data stored also includes character information and is displayed on four lines of an LCD display. Upon selecting one of the displayed data, a reverse video display of the selected data occurs whereupon the remaining displayed data is cleared from the display so that it can be used for calculating purposes using the selected data remaining on the display.

Electronic apparatus

An electronic account recording device according to the present invention has number keys for effecting the input of a number, a switch key for selecting an item from a plurality of items, an amount key for recording an expense amount as inputted by the number keys, and a scan keys for calling back sequentially the expense amounts recorded by the number keys and the amount key. The device further has a display for displaying an item name and an expense amount during the input as effected by the number keys and the amount key, and also during the call back as effected by the scan key, and a memory for storing the item name and the expense amount in pairs sequentially in the input order. A controller is provided which operates in response to an actuation of the scan key, to call back the expense amounts chained by the item name. Thus, the expense amounts of one item are sequentially called back and displayed through the display one at a time and, thereafter, the expense amounts of another item are sequentially called back and displayed one at a time.

Electronic account recording device

Electronic currency conversion apparatus including, among other things, an input keyboard comprising a set of keys for inputting amounts of money in each of two different currencies, calculating circuitry for calculating a currency conversion exchange rate according to the amounts of money inputted via the input keyboard circuitry for subsequently calculating a currency conversion for a predetermined amount of money inputted at the input keyboard based on the calculated conversion rate, mode selection keys operable by a user for selecting an exchange rate calculating mode and a currency conversion mode, and a visual display including exchange rate symbol display, the exchange rate symbol display being energized in a flashing type of indication during the exchange rate calculating mode upon the inputting of a money amount.

Electronic apparatus with currency conversion function

In an electronic appliance capable of storing secret data to be kept secret and data other than the secret data in distinction from each other, only the secret data can be erased upon a first reset operation and the data other than the secret data can be erased upon a second reset operation.

Electronic device for independently erasing secret and non-secret data

Repeated announcements by a talking timepiece are selectable in two modes: predetermined intervals selected by a selector switch, or arbitrary intervals selected by a keyboard.

Speech synthesizer output device

An electronic game apparatus independently provided or to be incorporated into an electronic calculator, timepiece, or the like comprises a game start circuit, a game setting circuit, a memory, a search circuit, an indication circuit, a comparison circuit, a bombardment circuit, and a display. The game start circuit is operated to start a game. The game setting circuit is provided for setting a matrix size and for setting at least one target therein. The memory is provided for storing the matrix size and the target position. The search circuit is provided for searching the target position by a search area. The indication circuit is provided for indicating whether the target is positioned inside the search area. The bombardment circuit is provided for inputting the target position data searched. The comparison circuit is provided for comparing the target position and the target position data searched. The display is provided for displaying the game data used for these circuits.

Electronic target hunting game apparatus

An electronic alarm timepiece comprises an alarm generation circuit for generating a plurality of alarm tones, and an alarm selection circuit for selecting a particular alarm tone from the plurality of alarm tones and for enabling generation of the particular alarm tone in response to the agreement between current time information and alarm time information, the selection of the particular alarm tone and the enabling of the generation of the particular alarm tone being carried out by a single operation of the alarm selection means. Preferably, an electronic calculator is incorporated within the electronic alarm timepiece.

Combined electronic calculator and electronic alarm timepiece

In an aspect of the present invention, a speech synthesizer timepiece is provided which is easy and convenient to handle by providing a single common switch useful for starting the timekeeping operation, outputting the results of the timekeeping and delivering an audible indication of the results of the timekeeping.

Speech synthesizer timepiece with a single command switch

A timepiece is disclosed which is capable of delivering an alarm sound or message when an alarm time setting is reached. The timepiece further includes an output mode selector for selecting a sound mode for deliverying the alarm sound or alarm message and a silence mode for inhibiting the delivery of the alarm sound or message. Also included is an alarm time announcement output circuit responsive to the output mode selector for delivering an audible indication of an alarm setting time in the form of synthesized human voices when the selector is switched to the sound mode.

Speech synthesizer timepiece with alarm function

An electronic apparatus includes a speech synthesizer, a speech synthesis controller, and a microprocessor connected to the speech synthesis controller. The microprocessor controls transmission of sound-related data from the microprocessor to the speech synthesis controller, receives control signals from the sound synthesis controller to said microprocessor and monitors the voltage supplied to the speech synthesis controller. For this purpose the microprocessor is responsive to an output signal indicative of a variation in the voltage for controlling the sound signal delivery operation of the speech synthesis controller.

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Nara, Japan

Akitaka Morita