US5600556A
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Word processor that automatically capitalizes the first letter of sentence
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1993-12-09
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Granted: 1997-02-04
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Expires: 2013-12-09
Abstract
Abstract In a word processor which processes an input alphabetic text entered through a keyboard, a character code representing a character at a beginning of an input text is translated to an upper case letter code. Also, two consecutive characters of an input word are exchanged to determine if the modified word after the exchange is a correct word and characters in an input word may be substituted to determine if the modified word after substitution is a correct word.
Inventors
- 👤 Shunpei Takenaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 22:49
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F40/00; G06F40/20; G06F40/232; G06F40/10; G06F40/12; G06F40/126; G06F40/129
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
446 words
An electronic apparatus for forming a text, comprising: input means for inputting a period code, lower case letter codes, upper case letter codes, a carriage return code, a space code, an end of page code, a start of text formation code, and a non-letter code; an end of sentence discriminator, connected to said input means, comprising: an end of sentence code discriminator, connected to said input means, producing a high level end of sentence flag setting signal on an output line thereof when discriminating one of a period code, a carriage return code, an end of page code, and a start of text formation code input by said input means, and producing a low level signal when discriminating the absence of one of the period code, the carriage return code, the end of page code, and the start of text formation code input by said input means; a non-letter code discriminator, connected to said input means, producing a signal when receiving a non-letter code from said input means; an inverter, connected to the output line of said end of sentence code discriminator to receive and invert the signal output from said end of sentence code discriminator; a first AND gate connected to receive the output of said inverter and to receive the signal from said non-letter code discriminator; a strobe signal line connected to said input means to receive the output therefrom; and a J-K flip flop having J, K, and clear input terminals, wherein the output line of said end of sentence code discriminator is connected to said J input terminal, said strobe signal line is directly connected to said clear input terminal so that said J-K flip flop is set or reset when receiving a trailing edge of a signal on said strobe signal line, and an output line of said first AND gate is connected to said K input terminal, wherein said J-K flip flop outputs an end of sentence flag signal in response to receiving an end of sentence flag setting signal at said J terminal from said end of sentence code discriminator; an alphabet discriminator, connected to said input means, discriminating the input by said input means of an alphabetic character and producing a signal when the input of an alphabetic character is discriminated; a second AND gate connected to receive the output from said J-K flip flop and said alphabet discriminator; and a code translator unit connected to receive the output from said input means and said second AND gate, said code translator unit translating a lower case character code received from said input means into an upper case character code when receiving an output from said second AND gate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
446 words
An electronic apparatus for forming a text, comprising: input means for inputting a period code, lower case letter codes, upper case letter codes, a carriage return code, a space code, an end of page code, a start of text formation code, and a non-letter code; an end of sentence discriminator, connected to said input means, comprising: an end of sentence code discriminator, connected to said input means, producing a high level end of sentence flag setting signal on an output line thereof when discriminating one of a period code, a carriage return code, an end of page code, and a start of text formation code input by said input means, and producing a low level signal when discriminating the absence of one of the period code, the carriage return code, the end of page code, and the start of text formation code input by said input means; a non-letter code discriminator, connected to said input means, producing a signal when receiving a non-letter code from said input means; an inverter, connected to the output line of said end of sentence code discriminator to receive and invert the signal output from said end of sentence code discriminator; a first AND gate connected to receive the output of said inverter and to receive the signal from said non-letter code discriminator; a strobe signal line connected to said input means to receive the output therefrom; and a J-K flip flop having J, K, and clear input terminals, wherein the output line of said end of sentence code discriminator is connected to said J input terminal, said strobe signal line is directly connected to said clear input terminal so that said J-K flip flop is set or reset when receiving a trailing edge of a signal on said strobe signal line, and an output line of said first AND gate is connected to said K input terminal, wherein said J-K flip flop outputs an end of sentence flag signal in response to receiving an end of sentence flag setting signal at said J terminal from said end of sentence code discriminator; an alphabet discriminator, connected to said input means, discriminating the input by said input means of an alphabetic character and producing a signal when the input of an alphabetic character is discriminated; a second AND gate connected to receive the output from said J-K flip flop and said alphabet discriminator; and a code translator unit connected to receive the output from said input means and said second AND gate, said code translator unit translating a lower case character code received from said input means into an upper case character code when receiving an output from said second AND gate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
387 words
An electronic apparatus for forming a text, comprising: input means for inputting a period code, lower case letter codes, upper case letter codes, a space code, and a non-letter code; an end of sentence discriminator, connected to said input means, comprising: an end of sentence code discriminator connected to said input means, producing a high level end of sentence flag setting signal on an output line thereof when discriminating a period code is input by said input means and producing a low level signal when discriminating the absence of the period code, input by said input means; a non-letter code discriminator, connected to said input means, producing a signal when receiving a non-letter code from said input means; an inverter, connected to the output line of said end of sentence code discriminator to receive and invert the signal output from said end of sentence code discriminator; a first AND gate connected to receive the output of said inverter and to receive the signal from said non-letter code discriminator; a strobe signal line connected to said input means to receive the output therefrom; and a status memory having first, second and clear input terminals, wherein the output line of said end of sentence code discriminator is connected to said first input terminal, said strobe signal line is directly connected to said clear input terminal so that said status memory is set or reset when receiving a signal on said strobe signal line, and an output line of said first AND gate is connected to said second input terminal, wherein said status memory outputs an end of sentence flag signal in response to receiving an end of sentence flag setting signal at said first terminal from said end of sentence code discriminator; an alphabet discriminator, connected to said input means, discriminating the input by said input means of an alphabetic character and producing a signal when the input of an alphabetic character is discriminated; a second AND gate connected to receive the output from said status memory and said alphabet discriminator; a code translator unit connected to receive the output from said input means and said second AND gate, said code translator unit translating a lower case character code received from said input means into an upper case character code when receiving an output from said second AND gate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
387 words
An electronic apparatus for forming a text, comprising: input means for inputting a period code, lower case letter codes, upper case letter codes, a space code, and a non-letter code; an end of sentence discriminator, connected to said input means, comprising: an end of sentence code discriminator connected to said input means, producing a high level end of sentence flag setting signal on an output line thereof when discriminating a period code is input by said input means and producing a low level signal when discriminating the absence of the period code, input by said input means; a non-letter code discriminator, connected to said input means, producing a signal when receiving a non-letter code from said input means; an inverter, connected to the output line of said end of sentence code discriminator to receive and invert the signal output from said end of sentence code discriminator; a first AND gate connected to receive the output of said inverter and to receive the signal from said non-letter code discriminator; a strobe signal line connected to said input means to receive the output therefrom; and a status memory having first, second and clear input terminals, wherein the output line of said end of sentence code discriminator is connected to said first input terminal, said strobe signal line is directly connected to said clear input terminal so that said status memory is set or reset when receiving a signal on said strobe signal line, and an output line of said first AND gate is connected to said second input terminal, wherein said status memory outputs an end of sentence flag signal in response to receiving an end of sentence flag setting signal at said first terminal from said end of sentence code discriminator; an alphabet discriminator, connected to said input means, discriminating the input by said input means of an alphabetic character and producing a signal when the input of an alphabetic character is discriminated; a second AND gate connected to receive the output from said status memory and said alphabet discriminator; a code translator unit connected to receive the output from said input means and said second AND gate, said code translator unit translating a lower case character code received from said input means into an upper case character code when receiving an output from said second AND gate.
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