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Electronic equipment for storing number of searches of information
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1986-02-18
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Granted: 1987-08-18
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Expires: 2006-02-18
Abstract
Abstract An electronic device, such as an electronic learning machine or dictionary, includes a memory for storing items of information, such as words in both a first and a second language in pairs, and an operation unit for searching particular ones of the pairs of words. This device also includes a memory that stores the number of times each pair of words is searched. Each time a pair of words is searched, the total number of times that the pair has been searched is displayed in a recognizable form by a display.
Inventors
- 👤 Osamu Hirata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 17:40
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/40; G06F16/90; G06F16/901; G06F16/9017; G06F40/00; G06F40/20; G06F40/237; G06F40/242; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
239 words
An electronic device for searching information stored therein comprising: first memory means for storing a plurality of words of information; means for entering words of search information into said device; searching means connected to said entering means and to said first memory means for searching at least once for a desired word of information of said plurality of words of information; second memory means connected to said searching means for storing a number of times each said desired word of information is searched by said searching means; incrementing means, connected to said searching means and to said second memory means and being responsive to operation of said searching means to search for each said desired word of information, for incrementing the number of times searches are made for each said desired word of information stored in said second memory means; said searching means searching for said desired word of information on the basis of at least one word of search information enterred by said entering means, and on the basis of said stored number corresponding to the number of times said desired word of information has been searched; visualizing means coupled to said searching means and to said first memory means for visualizing said desired word of information; and entering means for entering at least one word of information for search by said searching means and an anticipated number of searches for said desired word of information for search.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
239 words
An electronic device for searching information stored therein comprising: first memory means for storing a plurality of words of information; means for entering words of search information into said device; searching means connected to said entering means and to said first memory means for searching at least once for a desired word of information of said plurality of words of information; second memory means connected to said searching means for storing a number of times each said desired word of information is searched by said searching means; incrementing means, connected to said searching means and to said second memory means and being responsive to operation of said searching means to search for each said desired word of information, for incrementing the number of times searches are made for each said desired word of information stored in said second memory means; said searching means searching for said desired word of information on the basis of at least one word of search information enterred by said entering means, and on the basis of said stored number corresponding to the number of times said desired word of information has been searched; visualizing means coupled to said searching means and to said first memory means for visualizing said desired word of information; and entering means for entering at least one word of information for search by said searching means and an anticipated number of searches for said desired word of information for search.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
288 words
An electronic device for searching information stored therein comprising: memory means having a first area for storing a plurality of words of information, and having a second area; first searching means connected to said memory means for searching said first area at least once for a desired word of information of said plurality of words of information, wherein said second area of said memory means stores a number of times each said desired word of information is searched by said first searching means; incrementing means connected to said first searching means and to said second area of said memory means and being responsive to operation of said first searching means to search for said desired word of information for incrementing the number of times searches are made for said desired word of information stored in said second memory means; second searching means, connected to said first area and said second area of said memory means, for searching for a desired word of information of said plurality of words of information on the basis of said stored number corresponding to the number of times said desired word has been searched; means for visually displaying the number of times each said desired word of information has been searched by said first searching means, stored in said second area of said memory means, said visually displaying means being operative to display the number of times as aforesaid in response to each search for said desired word of information by said first searching means; and incrementing means, responsive to operation of said searching means for said desired word of information, for incrementing the number of searches made for said desired word of information stored in said second area of said memory means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
288 words
An electronic device for searching information stored therein comprising: memory means having a first area for storing a plurality of words of information, and having a second area; first searching means connected to said memory means for searching said first area at least once for a desired word of information of said plurality of words of information, wherein said second area of said memory means stores a number of times each said desired word of information is searched by said first searching means; incrementing means connected to said first searching means and to said second area of said memory means and being responsive to operation of said first searching means to search for said desired word of information for incrementing the number of times searches are made for said desired word of information stored in said second memory means; second searching means, connected to said first area and said second area of said memory means, for searching for a desired word of information of said plurality of words of information on the basis of said stored number corresponding to the number of times said desired word has been searched; means for visually displaying the number of times each said desired word of information has been searched by said first searching means, stored in said second area of said memory means, said visually displaying means being operative to display the number of times as aforesaid in response to each search for said desired word of information by said first searching means; and incrementing means, responsive to operation of said searching means for said desired word of information, for incrementing the number of searches made for said desired word of information stored in said second area of said memory means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
An electronic device for searching information stored therein according to claim 2, further comprising entering means for entering information for searching said desired word of information by said first searching means.
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