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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1988
Keiichi Hirata, Kuwana, JP;
Yoshinari Morimoto, Nagoya, JP;
Minoru Ooishi, Nagoya, JP;
Tomohiro Ban, Iwakura, JP;
Akihiro Furukawa, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A program processing system including a program input device for entering optional programs for performing an optional function, an optional-program memory for storing the optional programs, a standard-program memory which stores a standard program for performing a basic function; a commanding device for designating one of the optional programs, for execution of the designated optional program, and a controller for retrieving the designated optional program from the optional-program memory, to perform the corresponding optional function, if the designated optional program is stored in the optional-program memory, the control means retrieving the standard program from the standard-program memory, to perform the basic function, if the designated optional program is not stored in the optional-program memory means.