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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shinichi Sunakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Endoh, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
707518 ; 707519 ; 707521 ;
Abstract
A data processing apparatus for inputting character data and for creating and storing a text file includes an input unit for inputting characters, a discriminating unit for discriminating an attribute of the leading character of the character string input by the input unit, a format modifying unit for modifying a format of the character string in accordance with the result of the discrimination made by the discriminating unit, and an output unit for outputting the character string which has been modified by the format modifying unit.