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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2000
Toshiyuki Kataoka, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus capable of obtaining a result which is desired by an operator, canceling a result when an erroneous operation is performed and facilitating creation of a mathematical expression is provided. This apparatus comprises an indicating mechanism for outputting a position in a mathematical expression and a part in a mathematical expression in accordance with an operation of the operator; an operating mechanism for generating a plurality of proposed transformation results of the mathematical expressions based on the position and the part outputted from the indicating mechanism, and a selecting mechanism for selecting one from a plurality of the proposed transformation results in accordance with an operation of the operator.