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EP0130941A1
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Electronic equipment for automatic writing of Chinese, Sino-Japanese and Japanese ideograms
Assignee: Esp Elektronische Spezialprojekte AG
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Filing: 1984-06-15
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2004-06-15
Abstract
Abstract The equipment makes it possible to do what has not been possible so far: to write in Chinese or Sino-Japanese (about 3,000 current ideograms and 40,000 total insteadofthe 26 letters of our alphabet) with a standard electronic typewriter, a printer of known writing device. It comprises: a keyboard for simultaneous keying of the sounds and tones that constitute the syllables corresponding to each ideogram of the Chinese or Sino-Japanese language so that at each stroke a precise ideogram is generated, at least a microprocessor, at least a video or display, at least a writer or printer for writing the ideograms corresponding to each syllable input in the keyboard and generated by the microprocessor. The keyboard is made so that simultaneously with the sounds of the syllable, a signal is punched (keys C4) that indicates the tone of the syllable, enabling the microprocessor to make automatic identification and the relative printing or projection of the ideograms corresponding to that syllable and that tone.
Inventors
- 👤 Graziano Gornati
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 09:00
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/018; B; B41; B41J; B41J3/00; B41J3/01
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
97 words
Electronic equipment for automatic writing of Chinese, Sino-Japanese and Japanese ideograms, characterized by a keyboard for simultaneous keying of the sounds and tones that constitute the syllables corresponding to each ideogram of the Chinese or Sino-Japanese language, so that at each stroke a precise ideogram is generated, by at least a microprocessor, by at least a video or display, by at least a writer or printer for writing of the ideograms corresponding to each syllable keyed on the keyboard and generated by the microprocessor to be projected on a video or display or printed by a printer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
97 words
Electronic equipment for automatic writing of Chinese, Sino-Japanese and Japanese ideograms, characterized by a keyboard for simultaneous keying of the sounds and tones that constitute the syllables corresponding to each ideogram of the Chinese or Sino-Japanese language, so that at each stroke a precise ideogram is generated, by at least a microprocessor, by at least a video or display, by at least a writer or printer for writing of the ideograms corresponding to each syllable keyed on the keyboard and generated by the microprocessor to be projected on a video or display or printed by a printer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
53 words
Electronic equipment as in claim 1, wherein the keyboard is made so that, simultaneously with the sounds of the syllable, a signal is hit that indicates the tone of the syllable, making possible, on the microprocessor, automatic identification and the relative printing or projection of the ideograms corresponding to that syllable and tone.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
66 words
Electronic equipment as in claims 1, 2, wherein the microprocessor is such that, each time the operator strikes a succession of sounds concluded or defined by a tone, it searches in its storage for the corresponding ideogram and exhibits it on the video or display by proceeding to writing or printing or storing it as produced text, when the operator does not send a cancellation signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
Electronic equipment as in claims 1, 2, 3, wherein the microprocessor produces the ideograms by storing them in a complete form.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
Equipment as in claims 1, 2, 3, wherein the microprocessor produces ideograms by storing them in a parametric representation of each sign or element of the ideogram.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
76 words
Electronic equipment as in claims 1 to 5, wherein the microprocessor sends onto the video or display the ideographic signs corresponding to each syllable and when there are several ideograms for the same syllable and on the same tone, it sends, in succession, all the ideograms stored in order of frequency, then waits for confirmation from the operator for one of them, a confirmation that can be given by simply keying in a new syllabic sound.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
Electronic equipment as in claims 1 to 6, wherein the code for keying the sounds is such that, regardless of the type of phonetic notation adopted or known to the writer - Pin Yin, Wade-Giles, etc. - the writing of the sound-syllables does not require different learning and/or successive indications.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
Electronic equipment as in claims 1 to 7, wherein the code system and keyboard adopted make writing of the ideograms possible at practically the same speed with which they are pronounced, if not more than 400/500 syllables per minute are pronounced.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
54 words
Equipment as in claims 1 to 8, characterized by an additional microprocessor in which are stored, in one or more languages, the terms corresponding to the concepts defined by the ideograms, so that it can produce, the ideogram and corresponding concepts in the selected languages, in parallel, on separate writers or printers or videos.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
45 words
Electronic equipment as in claims 1 to 9, wherein Kanij, i.e., the ideographic writing of the Japanese language, is represented, along with and parallel to the Hiragana and Katakana writings of the same language with adequate variations of the stored ideograms or their parametric indication.
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