Hitachi, Ltd.

Tetsuro Kiyomatsu

Toshio Tanaka

Yoji Shibata

Tetsuo Machida

Shigeo Tsujioka

Akihiro Kawaoka

Toshinori Kajiura

Kazuhisa Ishida

Shoji Higuchi

Shingi Domen

Sheet definition data stored in a sheet definition data managing apparatus is supplied when necessary to a sheet recognizing apparatus to reduce a configuration cost of a sheet definition database. A sheet recognizing system has: a sheet definition managing apparatus including a sheet definition data generating apparatus for generating sheet definition data representative of a relation between a data writing field of a sheet and the written data and a charge managing apparatus for claiming a charge in accordance with a use degree of the sheet definition data by a sheet recognizing and processing apparatus; a communication network for transmitting the sheet definition data managed by the sheet definition data managing apparatus to the sheet recognizing and processing apparatus; and a sheet recognizing apparatus for recognizing the type of the sheet by referring to the sheet definition data acquired via the network.

Sheet-recognizing machine

In a computer system having a double PCI bus configuration, an inter-bus control circuit for relaying a first PCI bus and a second PCI bus is provided with a memory control mechanism common to devices connected to the second PCI bus and an interrupt control mechanism for controlling interrupts between local processors, in addition to a control function for controlling the buses. The inter-bus control circuit having the above mechanisms can be implemented by a single-chip integrated circuit. The integrated inter-bus control circuit prevents the use of a plurality of identical decoder circuits, an increase in the number of parts, and an increase in mounting area, thus providing a compact and low price computer system.

Computer system and inter-bus control circuit

Publication articles each composed of a headline having relatively high information emphaticality and a text having relatively high information detailednessare coded on an article basis in an information provider apparatus. The coded information is transmitted to a user terminal. The transmitted information is first displayed on a display device of the user terminal in low magnification to display the headlines. The user selects a desired headline. The text corresponding to the selected headline is displayed in a magnification sufficient for making the displayed text legible. The novel setup realizes a publication contents information transmitting/viewing system by which a publication page can be viewed over and each can be read in generally the similar feeling and convenience as those of paper-based publications.

Contents information transmitting/viewing system and method therefor

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Seto, Japan

Tetsuro Kiyomatsu