Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Ichiro Sado

Juji Kishimoto

Mitsuo Cho

Seiji Saito

Masayuki Sasaki

Mitsuaki Seki

Shigeru Matsuyama

Reiji Hirano

Hiroshi Murata

Toshiaki Ozawa

Atsushi Sakurai

Jyuji Kishimoto

Yuji Sano

Electronic equipment includes a memory containing first information such as KANA characters and second information such as KANJI characters corresponding to the first information, a key input device for inputting the first information, a display for displaying the second information corresponding to the input first information, and a control for reading out all of the second information corresponding to the input first information, from the memory, displaying it on the display and sequentially erasing the displayed second information which no longer correspond to the input first information subsequently inputted by the input device.

Electronic equipment displaying translated characters matching partial

An electronic device comprises a first memory for storing a plurality of words which are to be displayed on a display coupled to the first memory and a second memory for storing a plurality of voice information codes each corresponding to a portion of a different one of the plurality of words stored in the first memory. The second memory also stores a specific code for distinguishing each of the plurality of voice information codes and stores each of the plurality of voice information codes and the specific code so that the voice information codes and the specific code are alternatively read out. The electronic device also comprises a converter connected to the second memory for converting the plurality of voice information codes stored in the second memory into audible sound, a detector connected to the second memory for detecting a specific code to produce a detecting signal, and an indicator arranged in parallel to the display and connected to the detector for indicating, in response to a detecting signal of the detector, the portion of the word displayed by the display which corresponds to the voice information code converted into an audible sound by the converter.

Electronic instrument for putting out information in the form of voice

An input device comprises key input means having a plurality of keys, specifying means for specifying functions of the plurality of keys of the key input means and display means for displaying key denominations representing the key functions specified by the specifying means. The key input means includes a transparent keyboard arranged on the display means.

Key input means with changeable display means for displaying key

An input device has a matrix input unit having a plurality of switches for inputting a pattern, a signal generator for generating signals identifying the actuation of the switches, and a discriminator responsive to the signals from the signal generator to discriminate the actuated one of the switches. The discriminator discriminates the actuated switch by checking an interval of the signals from the sequentially actuated switches.

Input device

An electronic language learning machine is disclosed which comprises a memory having words stored therein, a sub-memory having sub-data relating to the words stored therein, a control circuit connected to the memory and sub-memory to derive the stored words and the related sub-data and a display connected to the deriving control circuit to visualize the words and sub-data.

Electronic language learning machine

Electronic apparatus with dictionary function which includes information input ports, memory facility for storing words, retrieval facility for retrieving a word related to the information in response to information entered as well as indication of the presence of subsidiary information where such subsidiary information is stored.

Electronic apparatus having dictionary function

An electronic apparatus has a first memory storing therein a plurality of data comprising a first lingual words and a second lingual words corresponding respectively thereto, and a second memory for storing information to freely read out at least one of said plurality of data stored in the first memory. The apparatus further has means for reading out the information stored in the second memory and reading out, on the basis of the information read out, the second lingual word relating thereto from the first memory.

Electronic apparatus for translating one language into another

This electronic apparatus has combined functions of an electronic calculator or the like and a television receiver, and is automatically shifted, at the start of the calculator function, to a vacant television channel for the display of calculator functions on the television screen and returned to the television receiving function at the end of the calculator function.

Electronic apparatus having television device

The electronic instrument includes a memory for storing scheduled time and schedule details, a clock circuit producing time signals, a comparator producing a comparison signal in response to comparison and coincidence of the time signals from the clock circuit with the scheduled time, a discriminating memory with a storage of a signal for decision for and against clear of the scheduled time and details in the memory, and a control unit for discriminating, in response to the comparator producing the comparison signal, the storage of signal in the discriminating memory to control over clear and non-clear of the scheduled time and schedule details in the memory.

Electronic instrument for scheduled data handling

An electronic device for displaying accent is disclosed which is useful for displaying words and sentences by use of a multiple-digit display device. In the respective word display parts of the multiple-digit display device, additional symbols for an accent display are provided. Alphabet characters can be expressed as five-bit codes. In one disclosed embodiment, an additional sixth bit is used to indicate the presence or absence of an accent associated with the character represented by the remaining five bits. In another disclosed embodiment, accented vowels are each represented by five-bit codes that are different from the five-bit codes representing the same vowels without accents, so that no sixth bit is necessary. Words are displayed while discriminating a word with accent from a word with no accent.

Electronic device for displaying accents

An electronic apparatus is disclosed which comprises numeral input keys, plural unit input keys, a device for judging whether a combination of actuations of the numeral input keys and the unit input keys has a meaning as a figure, a device of forbidding the entry of the key signals of said combination in case said combination does not represent a meaning as a figure, and a device for generating an alarm signal simultaneously with the forbidding of said key signal entry.

Electronic apparatus

A memorandum calculator is disclosed for performing arithmetic calculations on entered numeral information and generating information relating to the calculation, for storing data items consisting of address information entered as memory addresses and numerical information associated with the address information, and means for effecting performance of the arithmetic operation with respect to the numerical stored information according to input instructions.

Electronic digital memorandum

An input device for electronic apparatus includes key signal output lines each having plural key switches connected thereto and circuitry for separating the key signals into specific key signals thereby identifying the plural key switches.

Input device for electronic apparatus

The electronic apparatus is provided with a device for informing the operator of information on the service life of the battery employed for driving the electronic apparatus.

Battery service life indicator

An electronic calculator having a printer detects the key entry by one of arithmetic keys following the numerical key entry and prints one of arithmetic symbols and entered number respectively at the left-hand side and right-hand side of the print sheet.

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Tokyo, Japan

Ichiro Sado