Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Shigenobu Yanagiuchi

Masafumi Morimoto

Shintaro Hashimoto

Tosaku Nakanishi

Kunio Yoshida

Hideo Yoshida

Takuro Omori

Ikuo Kanou

Hisao Morinaga

Yoshiro Kataoka

Yoshihiro Shintaku

Yasuharu Tanaka

Yasuo Wada

Kiyoshi Matsuo

Akira Tanimoto

Noboru Akizuki

Shoichi Kawai

Mituhiro Saizi

Yasuhiro Kotani

Junji Aoki

Fumio Kamei

Hidehiko Yamamoto

Yukihiro Omura

Yasuko Yanagiuchi

Kazuya Inoue

Michihiro Noda

Yasuhiko Takano

An electronic device with a calendar function having an input device, so that a desired date can be entered in the electronic device. The day of the week that January 1st falls on in the year corresponding to the desired date is determined. The ordinal number of a week in which the entered desired date falls is determined dependent on the day January 1st falls on. For example, if January 1st is between a first day of the week and a fourth day of the week, the week corresponding to January 1st is deemed as the first week in the year, if January 1st is between a fifth day and a seventh day of the week, the week following the week to which January 1st belongs is deemed as the first week of the year. A display is provided displaying the ordinal number of the week of the year in which the entered desired date falls.

Electronic device with calendar function including determining the first

An electronic device is provided with a calendar function such that it is possible to display one or more schedules. The electronic device includes an input device which receives data representing starting and ending times. This data is displayed in graphic format to illustrate the starting and ending times of the schedule.

Electronic device with calendar function

An electronic world clock device indicates a time in connection with a designated region based on a time difference in a reference region to be stored, and comprises clock means for counting a present time in a specified home region and memory means for storing various regions and names of the countries and the time differences corresponding to said various regions in the world, and said designated region and the name of the country where said designated region belongs are stored at the same time, so that said designated region as well as the name of the corresponding country and/or a time difference between two different regions in the world are indicated at the same time on the basis of the time difference in said reference region.

Electronic world clock device for indicating times for various spots in

A portable computer that is capable of storing one or more application programs and designating one or more program running-start lines by a key input for each application program is provided. The portable computer includes a memory for storing the addresses of the program running-start lines for the previously executed programs, a decision unit for determining whether or not the memory has stored the address of the program running-start line that corresponds to the key input, a first processor for executing the program when the decision unit determines that the address of the program running-start line corresponding to the key input exists in the memory and a second processor for storing the address of the program running-start line corresponding to the key input in the memory when the decision unit determines that the address does not exist in the memory.

Portable computer having an updatable table of starting addresses for

A data processing device according to the present invention including memory device, input device, display device for repetitions processing of various kinds of statistic data in table form and having the capability of easily executing various kinds of statistic calculations.

Data processing device for use in statistic calculation

A computer includes a memory, a statement translating circuit, and a program executing device. The memory stores a first program with a first command. The statement translating circuit is provided for translating the first command into a second command in a second program. The memory stores the second program with the second command. the program executing device is responsive to the memory for performing the second program with the second command.

Command translating computer

A portable electronic language interpreter device comprises an input device for entering a specific word, an abbreviation memory device, and an access device responsive to inputs entered via the input device for addressing the abbreviation memory device to cause retrieval in connection with the specific word. The abbreviation memory device memorizes a great number of words by the usage of abbreviated code information by which a certain number of letters of the words are compressed to allow the minimization of storage capacity. Preferably, the words stored in the memory are related to spelling, meaning, a part of speech, phonetic symbols, varied forms, spelling for a phrase, the meaning for the phrase and the like.

Word storage device for use in language interpreter

An electronic translator is characterized in that a control circuit is provided for providing a translation of a non-inflected form of a word upon entry of an inflected form of the word. In another preferred form of the invention, words are stored in a memory circuit in such a manner that a first memory contains address information referring to a second memory and corresponding to the first letter of each of a group of words. The second memory stores address information related to each of the second letter of the respective words. In a further preferred form of the invention, the memory comprises several memory circuits each of which stores a plurality of words belonging to a common level or rank. The plurality of words of a selected rank are displayed in turn and an operator may attempt to input words equivalent to the displayed words.

Electronic translator

A computer connected to at least one peripheral includes a memory, a program control circuit, an internal keyboard and a signal input/output device. The memory stores a program. The program control circuit is provided for controlling the computer according to the program. The peripheral is an external memory, an external input device, or the like. The signal input/output device is provided for connecting the computer and the peripheral to communicate data. Serial bit data transfer through data lines is used to send command control signals from the computer to the peripheral and for transfer of data between the computer and the peripheral. Control signals are sent on a control line to control the transmittal and reception of the command control signals and the data. When an external keyboard is selected as a peripheral, the internal keyboard may be disabled.

Dedicated I/O serial bit interface with peripheral selection

An electronic translator is featured in which sentences as stored are modified by replacing one or more words in one of the original sentences with one or more new words and by changing automatically one or more additional words in the original sentence, depending on the nature of the one or more new words entered in the sentence. For example, the one or more additional words may be definite articles or prepositions.

Electronic language translator capable of modifying definite articles or

An electronic translator is featured in which a particular sentence, phrase or idiom is accessed from a memory utilizing at least two key words. The key words are contained with the particular sentence, phrase or idiom. The translator is adapted to identify that a sentence, phrase or idiom stored in the translator contains one of the key words each time one of the key words is inputted.

Key-word retrieval electronic translator

An electronic translator comprising a first memory for providing signals representing a first word or words in a first language, a second memory for providing signals representing a second word or words in a second language, a first connector selectively occupied by at least one of the first and the second memories, a control device for processing the two types of signals, and carry out operations of the translator, and a second connector selectively occupied by the control device. Preferably, either of the first and the second memories is built into the body of the translator. A second control device may be built into the translator for processing the two types of signals and carrying out operations of the translator, in which case the two control devices are operable in the alternative to the exclusion of each other.

Electronic translator having removable data memory and controller both

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 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.

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Shigenobu Yanagiuchi