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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. 20, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eiji Takasu, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhiko Sakaguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 ; G06F 3/03 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 ; G06F 3/03 ;
Abstract
The present invention is based on an observation that a range of information desired to select, may differ, according to a mode selected (for example, in a case where a plurality of information pieces are grouped, an erasing operation might be performed only on part of the group). The present invention determines, where appropriate, an automatic changeover to designate either a single piece of information or a whole group of pieces of information as a range of information to be selected as a processed object, according to a mode selected.