EP0232905A2
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Multi-function personal word processor
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1987-02-11
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2007-02-11
Abstract
Abstract A multi-function personal word processor comprises a main body (l; l0l; 20l) equipped with at least a keyboard (2, 3; l02, l03; 202, 203), a display device (6; l06; 206) for displaying contents of information inputted through the keyboard, and a printer (9; l09; 209) capable of printing out the contents displayed on the display device, further including an image scanner (8; l08; 208) capable of inputting image information of hand-written characters and/or graphic pattern, wherein the contents of information inputted through the image scanner is combined with the contents of information inputted through the keyboard to be displayed on the display device, the combined contents being printed out by the printer. The word processor allows desired characters and graphic patterns to be edited in desired layouts in an arbitrary manner.
Inventors
- 👤 Etsuro Hirose
- 👤 Toshio Tsubaki
- 👤 Takeshi Tokunaga
- 👤 Seiichi Hayashi
- 👤 Masataka Inoue
- 👤 Yujiro Tatsuno
- 👤 Kazuhiro Tachibana
- 👤 Masahiro Kimura
- 👤 Yoshio Kanai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 21:52
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/04; H04N1/12; H04N1/1255; G06F3/002; G06K; G06K17/00; H04N1/00519; H04N1/387; H04N1/3871; H04N1/10; H04N1/1013; H04N1/1017; H04N1/19; H04N1/191; H04N1/192; H04N1/193
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
112 words
A multi-function personal word processor, comprising a main body (l; l06; 206) equipped with at least a keyboard (2, 3; l02, l03; 202, 203), a display device (6; l06; 206) for displaying contents of information inputted through said keyboard, and a printer (9; l09; 209) capable of printing out the contents displayed on said display device, characterized by an image scanner (8; l08; 208) capable of inputting image information of hand-written characters and/or graphic pattern, wherein the contents of information inputted through said image scanner is combined with the contents of information inputted through said keyboard to be displayed on said display device, said combined contents being printed out by said printer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
112 words
A multi-function personal word processor, comprising a main body (l; l06; 206) equipped with at least a keyboard (2, 3; l02, l03; 202, 203), a display device (6; l06; 206) for displaying contents of information inputted through said keyboard, and a printer (9; l09; 209) capable of printing out the contents displayed on said display device, characterized by an image scanner (8; l08; 208) capable of inputting image information of hand-written characters and/or graphic pattern, wherein the contents of information inputted through said image scanner is combined with the contents of information inputted through said keyboard to be displayed on said display device, said combined contents being printed out by said printer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A multi-function personal word processor according to claim l, characterized by that the contents inputted through said image scanner can also be printed independently.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A multi-function personal word processor according to claim 2, characterized by that the contents inputted through said keyboard can also be printed independently.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
63 words
A multi-function personal word processor according to claim l, characterized by that said keyboard and said display device are disposed on said main body at a right-hand portion thereof as viewed from the front side of said main body, while said image scanner and said printer are disposed at a left-hand portion of said main body as viewed from the front side thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
A multi-function personal word processor according to claim l, characterized by that a cover (l0) is provided on said main body to cover openably said printer and said image scanner, said cover being so arranged as to be used as an underlay pad upon writing memorandum.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
85 words
A multi-function personal word processor, comprising a main body (l0l) equipped with at least a keyboard (l02, l03), a display device (l06) for displaying contents of information inputted through said keyboard, and a printer (l09) capable of printing out the contents displayed on said display device, characterized by an image scanner (l08) capable of scanning various images produced on the screen of said display device for inputting corresponding information, wherein the content of said information inputted through said image scanner is printed by said printer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
85 words
A multi-function personal word processor, comprising a main body (l0l) equipped with at least a keyboard (l02, l03), a display device (l06) for displaying contents of information inputted through said keyboard, and a printer (l09) capable of printing out the contents displayed on said display device, characterized by an image scanner (l08) capable of scanning various images produced on the screen of said display device for inputting corresponding information, wherein the content of said information inputted through said image scanner is printed by said printer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A multi-function personal word processor according to claim 6, characterized by that a scale (ll2) is provided along periphery of the screen (l07) of said display.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
A multi-function personal word processor according to claim 6 or 7, characterized by that the screen (l07) of said display device has a size selected to correspond to that of a postcard.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
55 words
A multi-function personal word processor according to claim 6, 7 or 8, characterized by that said display device is so disposed that the display screen thereof is located at a lower position than that of said keyboard as viewed heightwise of the main body, said image scanner being arranged to move above said display screen.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
60 words
l0. A multi-function personal word processor according to claim 6, characterized by that said display device is of such structure in which vertically written information can be displayed on the display screen, said printer being so arranged as to print out the content of the vertically written information on said display screen in the form of a vertically written copy.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
108 words
A multi-function personal word processor, comprising a main body (20l) equipped with at least a keyboard (202, 203), a display device (206) for displaying contents of information inputted through said keyboard, and a printer (209) capable of printing out the contents displayed on said display device, characterized by that said main body comprises a rotatable board (220) on which information can be hand-written, and an image scanner (208) for picking up the contents of the hand-written information on said rotatable board, wherein contents corresponding to a combination of the contents inputted through said keyboard and the contents inputted through said image scanner is printed out by said printer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
108 words
A multi-function personal word processor, comprising a main body (20l) equipped with at least a keyboard (202, 203), a display device (206) for displaying contents of information inputted through said keyboard, and a printer (209) capable of printing out the contents displayed on said display device, characterized by that said main body comprises a rotatable board (220) on which information can be hand-written, and an image scanner (208) for picking up the contents of the hand-written information on said rotatable board, wherein contents corresponding to a combination of the contents inputted through said keyboard and the contents inputted through said image scanner is printed out by said printer.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
65 words
A multi-function personal word processor according to claim ll, characterized by that said keyboard and said display device are disposed at a right-hand portion of said main body in this order as viewed from the front side thereof, while said rotatable board and said printer are disposed on a left-hand portion of said main body in this order as viewed from the front side thereof.
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