Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Toshiyuki Sakai

Ryoichi Sasaki

Hajime Kumazawa

Satoshi Furukawa

Yoshio Sugiura

A word processor capable of determining the frequencies of use of the words in an editable text stored in the text memory includes a frequency count memory provided in an unused area of the text memory. The text memory addresses of the words in the text are stored in association with their respective frequencies of use in the frequency count memory. The configuration permits a speedy frequency count operation on the words in the text without providing a separate frequency count memory.

Word processor having a word frequency count unit

A data processing system having a relational data memory device for storing data relational to the data to be input through an input device, and a retrieval device for the relational data. The system further has a detecting device for detecting a quantity of the retrieved relational data, and relational data display control device for visually representing the retrieved relational data on the display device while fluctuating the relational data display area on the display device in accordance with the quantity of the retrieved relational data detected by the detecting device. With the thus constituted system, when visually representing the retrieved relational data on the display device, the display utilization efficiency as well as the operational facility is enhanced as the display area for the relational data is fluctuated in accordance with the quantity thereof.

Text (word processor) having right end justified variable size display

In a conventional word processing apparatus provided with a users' dictionary memory into or from which arbitrary words such as proper nouns can be stored or deleted, each word to be stored or deleted into or from the users' dictionary memory is required to be pointed out by a cursor in the case of the memory mode and to be pointed out by a print head in the case of the typewriter mode. Thus, a word processing apparatus is provided with a storage controlling arrangement for storing the word nearest to a pointer element of an outputting medium, which is a display or a printer, into the users' dictionary memory and a delete controlling arrangement for deleting the word nearest to the pointer element of the outputting medium from the users' dictionary memory.

Word processing apparatus

Disclosed is a typing device wherein relational data such as correct spelling word may substitute the printed word. When the printed data is substituted by the relational data, the succeeding printed data posterior to said printed data to be substituted is visually represented on a display.

Spell check device with display

An electronic typewriter or a word processor with a spelling check function for speedier typing comprises a keyboard, a dictionary memory, a spelling checker, alarm means for issuing an alarm when the input word is determined to be incorrectly spelled, proper noun determination means for determining whether the input word is a proper noun and skip means for not activating the alarm means when the input word is determined to be a proper noun. The input word is determined to be a proper noun when the first letter is an upper case letter and the input word is not a first word in a sentence, or when the input word is composed of upper case letters and the preceding words are not composed of upper case letters.

Electronic typewriter with a spelling check function and proper noun

Disclosed is an electronic typewriter with a word correction function substantially consisting of a print data memory, a correction word memory, correction determination means, selection means and correction control means. If a correction word is too long to be printed in place of an erased wrong word, the selection means is driven to select a least number of neighboring words to be erased. The correction control means controls the pitch of the correction word and its adjacent spaces before and after the word. Since the correction range can be extended to the right and left margins, a relatively long word can be automatically substituted for the erased wrong word.

Electronic typewriter with word correction function including pitch

A typewriter having a function of automatically indicating a candidate correct word for a misspelled word and, including a control device operable upon operation of a suitable key for checking entered words against data stored in a dictionary memory to find any wrong word; and if any wrong word has been found, for searching for at least one candidate correct word for the wrong word from the words stored in the dictionary memory; and for displaying the candidate correct word in relation to the wrong word. In place of, or in addition to the above function, the typewriter may have a function of automatically correcting a misspelled word, with the control device being operable upon operation of another suitable key, for activating erasing and printing mechanisms to erase at least wrong characters of the wrong word and print correct characters to correct the wrong word, according to the data representative of the wrong and correct words.

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Nagoya, Japan

Toshiyuki Sakai