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EP0335596A2
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Document processing device
Assignee: Brother Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1989-03-23
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-03-23
Abstract
Abstract In a document processing device with the merge-print function, merge print select control processing for selecting the data record unit to be merge-printed is employed. Furthermore merge data change control processing for deleting and adding a memory space for an additional data record unit is employed. The memory space is provided at a position specified by the cursor in the merge data memory. Thereby, it becomes easy to edit merge file and prepare a plurality of merge-printed document inserted different merge data set.
Inventors
- 👤 Ryoichi C/O Brother Kogyo Kk Sasaki
- 👤 Tokiko C/O Brother Kogyo Kk Majima
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 19:01
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/166; G06F40/174; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99932
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
261 words
A document processing device comprising: input means (2) for inputting character codes and function codes; display means (7) for displaying character data corresponding to the character codes; designating means (80) for designating a point at which a character data is input on said display means (2); first memory means (31) for storing document file prepared by the data corresponding to the input codes; merge symbol inserting means for inserting a predetermined symbol data in said document file as a merge symbol; merge symbol number setting means for setting and storing the number of a merge symbol inserted in said document file; characterised in that the document processing device further includes: secondary memory means (32) for storing a plurality of data record units, each of said data record units including memory areas and one of said memory areas corresponding to each numbered merge symbol; display control means (300) for displaying the contents of said second memory means (31) on said display means (7) with said numbers corresponding to said memory areas; marking means for adding a predetermined code to selected data record units, erasing means for erasing said predetermined code added by said marking means; and print control means for controlling a printing mechanism (9) to print a plurality of copies of the contents of said dcument file in such a fashion that in a copy each merge symbol in said document file is respectively replaced by data stored in respective ones of said memory areas of a data record unit to which said predetermined code is added by said marking means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
261 words
A document processing device comprising: input means (2) for inputting character codes and function codes; display means (7) for displaying character data corresponding to the character codes; designating means (80) for designating a point at which a character data is input on said display means (2); first memory means (31) for storing document file prepared by the data corresponding to the input codes; merge symbol inserting means for inserting a predetermined symbol data in said document file as a merge symbol; merge symbol number setting means for setting and storing the number of a merge symbol inserted in said document file; characterised in that the document processing device further includes: secondary memory means (32) for storing a plurality of data record units, each of said data record units including memory areas and one of said memory areas corresponding to each numbered merge symbol; display control means (300) for displaying the contents of said second memory means (31) on said display means (7) with said numbers corresponding to said memory areas; marking means for adding a predetermined code to selected data record units, erasing means for erasing said predetermined code added by said marking means; and print control means for controlling a printing mechanism (9) to print a plurality of copies of the contents of said dcument file in such a fashion that in a copy each merge symbol in said document file is respectively replaced by data stored in respective ones of said memory areas of a data record unit to which said predetermined code is added by said marking means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
A document processing device according to claim 1 wherein the capacity of each of the memory areas included in a data record unit is variable subject to the condition that the total capacity of a data record unit is constant.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A document processing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said marking means adds said predetermined code to the beginning of data record units to which said predetermined code is to be added.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A document processing device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said marking means and said erasing means respectively comprise a key for inputting a certain function code.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
83 words
A document processing device according to any of the preceding claims, which further comprises selecting means for selecting one of said data record units displayed by said display means (7); and memory control means for deleting the data stored in the data record unit selected if a first predetermined code is input, and inserting an additional data record unit between the data record unit selected and the data record unit arranged just above said selected one if a second predetermined code is input.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
70 words
A document processing device according to claim 5, wherein said memory control means moves the data stored in the data record unit following said selected data record unit upwardly on said display means (7) when said first predetermined code is input and moves the data stored in the data record unit following said selected data record unit downwards on said display means (7) when said second predetermined code is input.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
60 words
A document processing device according to any preceding claim, wherein said display control means (300) is further adapted to display and store a number corresponding to a memory area into which said designating means (80) is moved in the case that said designating means is moved into a memory area having a number larger than the largest number previously displayed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
76 words
A document processing device according to any preceding claim, wherein said display control means (300) is further adapted to erase a displayed maximum number from said display means (7), and to display and store a certain number corresponding to the memory area in which said designating means (80) is located if said certain number is a number just lower than said maximum number and that data exists in the memory area corresponding to said maximum number.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
42 words
A document processing device according to any preceding claim, which further comprises alarm means for giving a warning if the number set by said merge symbol number setting means is larger than the number of memory areas in said second memory means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
A dcument processing device according to any preceding claim, wherein said selecting means comprises a cursor (80) located at the beginning of the data record unit to be selected.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
255 words
A document processing device comprising: inputting means (2) for inputting character codes and function codes; display means (7) for displaying character data corresponding to the character codes; designating means (80) for designating a point at which character data is to be input on said display means (7); first memory means (31) for storing document files prepared by the data corresponding to the input codes; merge symbol inserting means for inserting in said document file predetermined symbol data as a merge symbol an arbitrary number of times less than a predetermined number; merge symbol number setting means for setting and storing the number of the merge symbol being inserted in said document file; characterised in that the document processing device further includes; second memory means (32) for storing a plurality of data record units, each of said data record units including memory areas whose number is identical with said predetermined number and each of said memory areas corresponding to a merge symbol number; display control means (300) for displaying the contents of said second memory means (32) on said display means (7) with said numbers corresponding to said memory areas after a predetermined code is input and print control means for controlling a printing mechanism (9) to print the contents of said document file a number of times corresponding to the number of data record units in such a fashion that each merge symbol inserted in said document file is respectively replaced by the data stored in said memory areas of each said data record unit.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
255 words
A document processing device comprising: inputting means (2) for inputting character codes and function codes; display means (7) for displaying character data corresponding to the character codes; designating means (80) for designating a point at which character data is to be input on said display means (7); first memory means (31) for storing document files prepared by the data corresponding to the input codes; merge symbol inserting means for inserting in said document file predetermined symbol data as a merge symbol an arbitrary number of times less than a predetermined number; merge symbol number setting means for setting and storing the number of the merge symbol being inserted in said document file; characterised in that the document processing device further includes; second memory means (32) for storing a plurality of data record units, each of said data record units including memory areas whose number is identical with said predetermined number and each of said memory areas corresponding to a merge symbol number; display control means (300) for displaying the contents of said second memory means (32) on said display means (7) with said numbers corresponding to said memory areas after a predetermined code is input and print control means for controlling a printing mechanism (9) to print the contents of said document file a number of times corresponding to the number of data record units in such a fashion that each merge symbol inserted in said document file is respectively replaced by the data stored in said memory areas of each said data record unit.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
13 words
A word processor including a document processing device according to any preceding claim.
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