US3820644A
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System for the electronic data processing of chinese characters
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1973-05-07
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Granted: 1974-06-28
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Expires: 1993-05-07
Abstract
Abstract Method and apparatus for electronically processing bits of information, particularly Chinese characters where the information is Chinese characters or the like, the steps comprising digitally converting the Chinese character by means of a 480 point matrix and converting the digitalized character to 120 hexadecimal digit code units.
Inventors
- 👤 Chan H Yeh
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 02:27
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J3/00; B41J3/01
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 35
Claim 1
Independent Claim
342 words
A means for storing, retrieving and reproducing individual characters in a large number of characters, comprising a plurality of sheets equal to a number of relatively large groups of the characters in which groups the characters are according to the frequency with which the characters are used, each sheet having a plurality of sections arranged thereon and each section having a relatively small number of characters therein each having a common characteristic, a keyboard having thereon a first plurality of switches equal in number to the number of sheets, a second plurality of switches equal in number to the number of sections and arranged on said keyboard in the same arrangement as said sections are arranged on said sheets, and a third plurality of switches equal in number to the number of characters in a section and arranged on said keyboard in the same arrangement as said characters are arranged in said sections on said sheets, means for placing said sheets in juxtaposition with said second plurality of switches with the sections on the sheets in positions corresponding to the positions of said switches, means connected to the respective switches for generating a signal when the respective switches are actuated, whereby a signal representative of a file system number including the group, the section and the poSition of the character in each section for the characters on the sheets is generated when switches for the respective group, section and position for each character are actuated, a storage means for storing code units representative of the characters according to a file system in which each code unit is assigned the corresponding file system number, access and retrieval means coupled between said signal generating means for said switches and storage means for gaining access to said storage means and retrieving the code units for characters corresponding to the file system numbers from said signal generating means, and character representing means coupled to said access and retrieval means for receiving therefrom the code units for the retrieved characters and representing the characters in visible form.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
342 words
A means for storing, retrieving and reproducing individual characters in a large number of characters, comprising a plurality of sheets equal to a number of relatively large groups of the characters in which groups the characters are according to the frequency with which the characters are used, each sheet having a plurality of sections arranged thereon and each section having a relatively small number of characters therein each having a common characteristic, a keyboard having thereon a first plurality of switches equal in number to the number of sheets, a second plurality of switches equal in number to the number of sections and arranged on said keyboard in the same arrangement as said sections are arranged on said sheets, and a third plurality of switches equal in number to the number of characters in a section and arranged on said keyboard in the same arrangement as said characters are arranged in said sections on said sheets, means for placing said sheets in juxtaposition with said second plurality of switches with the sections on the sheets in positions corresponding to the positions of said switches, means connected to the respective switches for generating a signal when the respective switches are actuated, whereby a signal representative of a file system number including the group, the section and the poSition of the character in each section for the characters on the sheets is generated when switches for the respective group, section and position for each character are actuated, a storage means for storing code units representative of the characters according to a file system in which each code unit is assigned the corresponding file system number, access and retrieval means coupled between said signal generating means for said switches and storage means for gaining access to said storage means and retrieving the code units for characters corresponding to the file system numbers from said signal generating means, and character representing means coupled to said access and retrieval means for receiving therefrom the code units for the retrieved characters and representing the characters in visible form.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
Means as claimed in claim 1 in which there are four sheets and four switches in said first plurality of switches, and 15 characters in each section and 15 switches in said third plurality of switches.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
Means as claimed in claim 1 in which the characters are Chinese characters, and there are four groups of characters and four switches in said first plurality of switches, there are 160 sections and 160 switches in said second plurality of switches, and there are 15 characters in each section and 15 switches in said third plurality of switches.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
Means as claimed in claim 3 in which the sections on said sheets are arranged in subgroups according to the Chinese phonetic alphabet.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
Means as claimed in claim 4 in which the areas of the sheets occupied by the subgroups of sections are different colors.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
95 words
Means as claimed in claim 1 in which said sheets are connected together in a continuous length, and means beneath said keyboard for moving said continuous length beneath said keyboard for positioning sheets beneath the keyboard, said switches in said first plurality being coupled to said moving means for controlling said moving means for moving the length to position the sheet corresponding to the respective switches beneath the keyboard according to which switch is actuated, said keyboard having transparent portions corresponding to each switch for viewing the sections on the respective sheets through the keyboard.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
Means as claimed in claim 6 in which said switches have transparent actuators as a part thereof, and said sheets have the sections thereon positioned immediately beneath the transparent actuators when they are placed in juxtaposition with said switches.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
13 words
Means as claimed in claim 7 in which said actuators are magnifying lenses.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
55 words
Means as claimed in claim 1 in which said switches are pressure sensitive switches, and said keyboard has means thereon for positioning said sheets one at a time over said switches, whereby finger pressure by an operator on the sheet over the switches is sufficient to actuate switches corresponding to the sections on the sheets.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
Means as claimed in claim 9 in which said switches have lights therein and said sheets are opaque, whereby light from the switches can shine through the sheet when a switch is actuated by pressure on the sheet.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
Means as claimed in claim 9 in which said positioning means on said keyboard comprises a U-shaped channel frame around the sides and bottom of the keyboard for receiving the sheets.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
Means as claimed in claim 9 in which said sheets are individual sheets which are held by said positioning means one at a time.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
Means as claimed in claim 9 in which said sheets are attached to each other in the form of a booklet.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
Means as claimed in claim 1 in which said storage means stores code units which are representations of the characters in discrete form on a matrix of grid points.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
40 words
Means as claimed in claim 14 in which the code units are hexidecimal forms of binary digitalized discrete characters, and said access and retrieval means comprises means for converting the code units from the hexidecimal form to The binary form.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
Means as claimed in claim 14 in which the character representing means is a matrix printer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
59 words
Means as claimed in claim 16 in which said matrix printer comprises means for printing dots on a matrix grid of twenty by twenty-four grid points, and said code units received from said access and retrieval means are binary digitalized discrete characters on a matrix of twenty by twenty-four grid points which can be printed by said matrix printer.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
56 words
Means as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a buffer storage means coupled between said access and retrieval means and said character representing means for storing code units and control means on said keyboard coupled to said buffer storage means for feeding stored code units to said character representing means under control of said control means.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
19 words
Means as claimed in claim 1 in which said character representing means comprises a cathode ray type display device.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
71 words
Means as claimed in claim 1 in which said character representing means comprises a cathode ray type display device, coupled to said access and retrieval means, a matrix printer, a buffer storage means coupled between said access and retrieval means and said matrix printer, and control means on said keyboard coupled to said buffer storage means for controlling the buffer storage means to feed stored code units to said matrix printer.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
245 words
A means for generating signals corresponding to file system numbers for character in a large number of characters, comprising a plurality of sheets equal to a number of relatively large groups of the characters in which groups the characters are according to the frequency with which the characters are used, each sheet having a plurality of sections arranged thereon and each section having a relatively small number of characters therein each having a common characteristic, a keyboard having thereon a first plurality of switches equal to the number of sheets, a second plurality of switches equal to the number of sections and arranged on said keyboard in the same arrangement as said sections are arranged on said sheets, and a third plurality of switches equal in number to the number of characters in a section and arranged on said keyboard in the same arrangement as said characters are arranged in said sections on said sheets, means for placing said sheets in juxtaposition with said second plurality of switches with the sections on the sheets in positions corresponding to the positions of said switches, and means connected to the respective switches for generating a signal when the respective switches are actuated, whereby a signal representative of a file system number including the group, the section and the position of the character in each section for the characters on the sheets is generated when switches for the respective group, section and position for each character are actuated.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
245 words
A means for generating signals corresponding to file system numbers for character in a large number of characters, comprising a plurality of sheets equal to a number of relatively large groups of the characters in which groups the characters are according to the frequency with which the characters are used, each sheet having a plurality of sections arranged thereon and each section having a relatively small number of characters therein each having a common characteristic, a keyboard having thereon a first plurality of switches equal to the number of sheets, a second plurality of switches equal to the number of sections and arranged on said keyboard in the same arrangement as said sections are arranged on said sheets, and a third plurality of switches equal in number to the number of characters in a section and arranged on said keyboard in the same arrangement as said characters are arranged in said sections on said sheets, means for placing said sheets in juxtaposition with said second plurality of switches with the sections on the sheets in positions corresponding to the positions of said switches, and means connected to the respective switches for generating a signal when the respective switches are actuated, whereby a signal representative of a file system number including the group, the section and the position of the character in each section for the characters on the sheets is generated when switches for the respective group, section and position for each character are actuated.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
36 words
Means as claimed in claim 21 in which there are four sheets and four switches in said first plurality of switches, and fifteen characters in each section and fifteen switches in said third plurality of switches.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
59 words
Means as claimed in claim 21 in which the characters are Chinese characters, and there are four groups of characters and four switches in said first plurality of switches, there are 160 sections and 160 switches in said second plurality of switches, and there are 15 characters in each section and 15 switches in said third plurality of switches.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
23 words
Means as claimed in claim 23 in which the sections on said sheets are arranged in subgroups according to the Chinese phonetic alphabet.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
22 words
Means as claimed in claim 24 in which the areas of the sheets occupied by the subgroups of sections are different colors.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
95 words
Means as claimed in claim 21 in which said sheets are connected together in a continuous length, and means beneath said keyboard for moving said continuous length beneath said keyboard for positioning sheets beneath the keyboard, said switches in saiD first plurality being coupled to said moving means for controlling said moving means for moving the length to position the sheet corresponding to the respective switches beneath the keyboard according to which switch is actuated, said keyboard having transparent portions corresponding to each switch for viewing the sections on the respective sheets through the keyboard.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
39 words
Means as claimed in claim 26 in which said switches have transparent actuators as a part thereof, and said sheets have the sections thereon positioned immediately beneath the transparent actuators when they are placed in juxtaposition with said switches.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
13 words
Means as claimed in claim 27 in which said actuators are magnifying lenses.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
55 words
Means as claimed in claim 21 in which said switches are pressure sensitive switches, and said keyboard has means thereon for positioning said sheets one at a time over said switches, whereby finger pressure by an operator on the sheet over the switches is sufficient to actuate switches corresponding to the sections on the sheets.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
38 words
Means as claimed in claim 29 in which said switches have lights therein and said sheets are opaque, whereby light from the switches can shine through the sheet when a switch is actuated by pressure on the sheet.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
31 words
Means as claimed in claim 29 in which said positioning means on said keyboard comprises a U-shaped channel frame around the sides and bottom of the keyboard for receiving the sheets.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
24 words
Means as claimed in claim 29 in which said sheets are individual sheets which are held by said positioning means one at a time.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
21 words
Means as claimed in claim 29 in which said sheets are attached to each other in the form of a booklet.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1977-06-27 | 1977-12-27 | 1978-06-28 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1981-06-27 | 1981-12-27 | 1982-06-28 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1985-06-27 | 1985-12-27 | 1986-06-28 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |