Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

501 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

Kunio Yoshida

Masafumi Morimoto

Tosaku Nakanishi

Shintaro Hashimoto

Shigenobu Yanagiuchi

Hisao Morinaga

Hideo Yoshida

Yutaka Ikemoto

Fusao Makino

Junji Aoki

An apparatus for calculating the cube root of a number has: a first memory for initially storing a cube root extraction number from which the cube root is to be extracted; a second memory for initially storing a first number which is predetermined based on said cube root extraction number; a third memory for initially storing a second predetermined number; a fourth memory for initially storing a third predetermined number; and a fifth memory for storing a number. The relation in size between the number stored in the first memory and the number stored in the second memory is judged. When the number stored in the first memory is not smaller than the number stored in the second memory, the number stored in the second memory from the number stored in the first memory, a number generated from the number stored in the third memory is added to the number stored in the second memory means, and a fourth predetermined number is added to the number stored in the fifth memory. When the number stored in the first memory is smaller than the number stored in the second memory, a number generated from the number stored in the fourth memory is substracted from the number stored in the second memory, and the number stored in the fifth memory is shifted to the left. Until predetermined conditions are met, the above processes are repeated, and the number stored in said fifth memory is determined as the cube root.

Cube root calculation apparatus

An electronic translator comprises a memory circuit for storing words which is removable from the translator, an attachment connectable to the translator, and a coupling device permitting either the memory circuit or the attachment to be connected to the translator. The coupling device is provided within the translator. The attachment may be a printer or an audible sound generator.

Attachment connectable to electronic translator

A system for converting a character font dot pattern includes a peripheral dot detection circuit for detecting peripheral dots of a font pattern stored in a memory and subjects the detected peripheral dot pattern to a conversion operation for converting the dot pattern to a new orientation. The system further includes a paint over circuit which fills in the interior of the converted peripheral dot pattern to complete the conversion process.

Character font converting system

An electronic translator comprises an input device for entering a first word or words, a first memory circuit for storing the first words, a second memory circuit for storing second words equivalent to the first words, an access circuit for addressing the memory circuits to cause retrieval of the first word or words, or alternately the second word or words, and a control circuit for controlling activation of the access circuit. There may be additionally provided a holding circuit for holding one or more of the first words without translation thereof.

Electronic device for bidirectional translation

An enlarged pattern generator generates an enlarged dot matrix pattern from an original dot matrix pattern by providing up to four mutually adjacent dots. Presence and absence of neighboring dots are examined regarding each dot in the original dot matrix pattern in order to determine whether less than four dots should be provided in the enlarged pattern corresponding thereto.

Enlarged pattern generator

Language translator with circuitry for detecting and holding words not

An electronic translator is characterized in that a new translated sentence is prepared by using at least one word contained in a sentence key inputted those cases where no word corresponding to the word is stored in a memory for storing a plurality of translated words. The translator comprises an input circuit for inputting the sentence, an access circuit for accessing a most equivalent translated sentence, and a detection circuit for detecting whether all of the words contained in the sentence are stored in memory and for inserting such unstored words directly into the translated sentence.

Electronic sentence translator

An electronic translator has the capability of controlling an access circuit so as to retrieve words or sentences stored in a memory in a forward direction or a backward direction, in order that an access time to the words or sentences is reduced.

Electronic translator which accesses the memory in either a forward or

An electronic language interpreter is operated such that an uninflected word is entered to obtain at least one inflected form of that word. The interpreter comprises three types of memories. The first contains a plurality of words of the uninflected form inclusive in their uninflected word. The second contains a plurality of words in a second language each of which is equivalent to one of the words within the first memory. The third memory contains digital data reflecting a certain number of inflection principles used to inflect the inflected words stored in the first memory. An alphabetical keyboard is provided for entering the uninflected form of the word. An inflection selection keyboard is provided for entering desired inflection information that is used to select data reflecting the appropriate inflection principles stored digitally in the third memory. An inflection enabling circuit is responsive to the selection functions of the inflection selection keyboard for inflecting the uninflected word according to the desired inflection principles derived from the third memory, to obtain the properly inflected word.

Language interpreter for inflecting words from their uninflected forms

An electronic translator is featured where a particular sentence is accessed from a memory depending on at least one key word entered. The key word is contained in the particular sentence. A subject category may be selected from a plurality of subject categories and only sentences within the selected category may be searched. The translator comprises an input circuit for entering the key word, and subject category an access means for accessing the key word from the subject category within memory so as to specify and access the sentence, and a detection circuit for detecting whether the key word is accessed from the subject category within memory.

Electronic translator for specifying a sentence with at least one key

An electronic translator is provided wherein a first word or words represented in a first language are entered to obtain a second word or words represented in a second language equivalent to the first word or words. The translator comprises a memory for storing a plurality of words grouped by category, a selection key switch for selecting the category, and an access circuit responsive to the selection key switch for addressing the memory to retrieve and output the plurality of words in the category, each of the plurality of words being outputted by a single operation of the key switch.

Word category selection means for electronic translator

An electronic language interpreter, for enabling that a specific word in a first language be entered to obtain an equivalent translated word in a second language includes a memory specifying circuit for specifying each memory of a plurality of first memories for storing words written in the first language and second memories for storing translated words written in the second language. One of the first memories and one of the second memories both specified by the memory specifying circuit generate pairs of words including one of the words and its corresponding one of the translated word, respectively. A mode selector may be provided for selectively placing the language interpreter in an interpreter mode or in a mode wherein it functions as an electronic language learning aid for enabling that the plurality of translated words be sequentially retrieved from one of the second memories selected by the memory specifying circuit. Words considered to be equivalent to the translated words may be entered by the operator so as to determine their equivalency and to check his knowledge of the translated words.

Language translator with random generation of test words during learning

An input circuit adapted to be connected to an electronic translator is disclosed. The input circuit comprises an alphabetical keyboard for inputting key code information representative of letters in an input word and a single symbol additive key switch for adding any one of several specific symbols to at least one of the letters. The specific symbol represents, for example, an inflection and is needed to completely represent the input word. A circuit for changing the coded input representing the at least one letter by adding thereto coded input representing the specific symbol is provided.

Symbol input device for use in electronic translator

In a preferred aspect of the present invention, there is provided a speech synthesizer timepiece with an alarm function or a remaining interval counting function. The timepiece is adapted to set advance announcements at different intervals depending upon the length of a remaining time with respect to an intended time, the intervals being increasingly shorter as the intended time is approached. The remaining time is audibly announced each time the advance announcements are to be delivered.

Speech synthesizer timepiece with advance announcement

An electronic translator comprises a first memory for memorizing a plurality of words represented in a first language, such words comprising one or more first letters which remain unchanged regardless of inflection, and one or more second letters which may change. An input device is provided for entering a first word. A comparison circuit is provided for comparing parts of the first word and the one or more first letters. Upon the occurrence of the equivalency detected by the comparison circuit, it is detected that the first word is identical to one of the words developed by the first memory. A second memory is provided for memorizing a plurality of translated words, represented in a second language, each corresponding to words stored in the first memory. In another form of the present invention, the first memory is provided for memorizing a plurality of words associated with the first word regardless of whether it is a noninflected word or an inflected word.

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Nara, Japan

Kunio Yoshida