Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

Jun Oshima

Yoshio Kawai

Shinichiro Sato

Yuichi Kobayashi

Emiko Morooka

Yoshiyuki Murata

Takashi Kojo

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Kaoru Yoshida

Kayoko Hashimoto

Takaharu Aoyama

Masahito Ariizumi

Kenji Chida

Eri Kakimoto

In dictionary retrieval processing by the electronic dictionary, if a headword matching a retrieval object word is not stored in a built-in dictionary data, the retrieval object word is registered in the form of a network-dictionary retrieval object listing. If a network dictionary retrieval is performed through connection to the dictionary server, a dictionary storing the registered retrieval word is retrieved in the dictionary server, is transmitted to the electronic dictionary, and is displayed. When the displayed dictionary in the network dictionary retrieval is selected, dictionary data is retrieved from the target of the selected dictionary, the dictionary contents corresponding to the retrieval word retrieved in the dictionary server is transmitted to the user electronic dictionary and is displayed. When update of a dictionary is instructed, data of the dictionary is transmitted and downloaded into the dictionary server, and built-in dictionary data is thereby updated and stored.

Electronic dictionary client connectable to an electronic dictionary server to search a dictionary on the electronic dictionary server

An image displaying apparatus stores plural image data and displays one of the image data, which image data represent a growing plant (animal) or represent a series of motions of an animal. The apparatus further stores plural element data for growing the plant (animal). When one of the element data is selected, another image data of the plant (animal) is displayed in place of the previously displayed imaged data to show how the plant (animal) grew up responsive to the selected element data. The apparatus is provided with a sensor for detecting motion of a user. Detecting the motion of the user, the apparatus displays new image data representing a motion of the animal in place of the previously displayed image data to show how the animal reacts to the user's motion.

Image displaying apparatus

Apparatus for displaying images of living things to show growth and/or

An image display device which includes a ROM 33 where a multiplicity of image data on face parts such as eyes, eyebrows, a nose, and a face contour, and a hair style is stored. The user selectively reads any image data out of the ROM 33 by operating a key input unit 32, and synthesizes the read data into portrait data. The portrait data is displayed on a display 24 and stored sequentially in a RAM 36. The stored portrait data may be set as secret data which others cannot see. The secret portrait data is displayed as a silhouette and is returned from silhouette display to portrait one only when input data matches with password data stored beforehand in a password storage 39.

Image display device

A switching apparatus is operated by a non contact motion made by a user. The switching apparatus is effectively used to control a mechanism, particularly a mechanism for driving a robot, by the non contact motion or gesture made by the user without touching the switching apparatus itself. The user can control or move indications, for example views of a dog, displayed on an image displaying equipment provided with the switching apparatus by his (her) motion or gesture without touching the switching apparatus. Therefore, the user can enjoy feeling as if he actually orders his dog.

Switching apparatus

In an electronic device, a plurality of images of each of the parts which constitute a character is contained along with a corresponding plurality of different parameters in a ROM. A parameter indicative of a character created by a controller is calculated from parameters corresponding to the respective images of the parts which constitute the character. The indication of an indicator which sets the progress of a game is controlled in accordance with the calculated character parameter. In more detail, first, the user selects images of the parts stored in the ROM and creates a character used in the game with those selected part images. The controller reads parameters corresponding to the images of the parts of the character and calculates a parameter of the character from those read parameters. A display displays an indicator which controls the progress of the game. The indicator changes at a speed corresponding to the calculated parameter. The indication of the indicator is determined by the operation of the user. Since the progress of the game is controlled in accordance with the indication of the indicator, the user himself is permitted to participate in the progress of the game.

Electronic game devices and methods

A color data input apparatus is provided with plural key sheets and a key sheet selecting keys. Color data, which are stored in a memory, are assigned to each of the plural key sheets. Further, input keys are provided for selecting one of color data assigned to each of the plural key sheets. To designate a color, a key sheet, to which a pertinent color data is assigned, is selected by the key sheet selecting key, and then an input key corresponding to the pertinent color data is operated, whereby the pertinent color data is selected from among the color data of the selected key sheet and a color of the selected color data is displayed on a display unit. An advice data on a combination of colors are stored in an advice data memory is provided. When two colors are selected in the above way, an advice on a combination of the two read out colors is also displayed and is made reference for designing dresses.

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Akigawa, Japan

Jun Oshima