US4823288A
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Document processor
Assignee: Brother Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1987-05-19
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Granted: 1989-04-18
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Expires: 2007-05-19
Abstract
Abstract A document processor having a keyboard, a displaying apparatus for displaying inputted characters and symbols on a display and a control device for controlling the displaying apparatus, there is provided an improvement that permits the moving of an inputted word separated at the right margin set position on the display to the start of the succeeding display line by wordlap control, such that the separated word is displayed distinguishably on the display, for example, by blinking, in order to distinguish the separated word to an operator before moving the word to the succeeding line.
Inventors
- 👤 Hideo Ueno
- 👤 Shigeto Yamada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 12:00
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J5/00; B41J5/30; B41J5/31; B41J5/40; B41J5/42
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
222 words
A document processor comprising: input means for inputting code data of characters and symbols, and various command data, display means for displaying characters and symbols inputted from said input means on a display having at least two display lines, control means for controlling said display means, including data memory for storing data to be displayed by said display means, wordlap determining and command means for determining data inputted at an utmost right position regulated by a right margin set position on said display means is data of a character other than an end character of a word, and for outputting a wordlap command when said data in said data memory is representative of a character other than said end character of a word, distinguishing display command means for outputting a distinguishing display command to said control means, when receiving said wordlap command from said wordlap determining and command means, for commanding a distinguishable display of the data as a word separated at said right margin set position and displayed on two display lines of said display, and wordlap control means for commanding said control means to display all characters of said separated word on the succeeding display line of said display from the left utmost position regulated by a left margin set position, after inputting the end character of said separated word.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
222 words
A document processor comprising: input means for inputting code data of characters and symbols, and various command data, display means for displaying characters and symbols inputted from said input means on a display having at least two display lines, control means for controlling said display means, including data memory for storing data to be displayed by said display means, wordlap determining and command means for determining data inputted at an utmost right position regulated by a right margin set position on said display means is data of a character other than an end character of a word, and for outputting a wordlap command when said data in said data memory is representative of a character other than said end character of a word, distinguishing display command means for outputting a distinguishing display command to said control means, when receiving said wordlap command from said wordlap determining and command means, for commanding a distinguishable display of the data as a word separated at said right margin set position and displayed on two display lines of said display, and wordlap control means for commanding said control means to display all characters of said separated word on the succeeding display line of said display from the left utmost position regulated by a left margin set position, after inputting the end character of said separated word.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A document processor according to claim 1, wherein said document processor further comprises a printing means for printing characters and symbols on a printing medium, and said printing means is controlled by said control means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A document processor according to claim 2, wherein said control means further comprises a text memory for receiving data supplied from said display memory and for storing data to be printed by said printing means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A document processor according to claim 1, wherein said distinguishing display command is a signal to blink the word separated into two lines.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
53 words
A document processor according to claim 1, wherein said wordlap determining and command means is provided with a means for discriminating whether or not space code data or end character data of a word is written in the address lower by one character than said right margin set position in said display memory.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A document processor according to claim 1, wherein said display means is provided with a liquid crystal display.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
A document processor according to claim 1, wherein said display means is provided with a CRT display.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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