US5092686A
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Electronic equipment with display and changeable print font
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1990-09-07
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Granted: 1992-03-03
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Expires: 2010-09-07
Abstract
Abstract A printer includes a memory for storing therein a plurality of fonts and font names thereof, selection means for selecting one of the fonts stored in the memory, a display unit for displaying the font name of the selected font and a print unit for printing characters in the selected font.
Inventors
- 👤 Takahiro Tsukamoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 16:17
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J3/00; B41J3/44; B41J3/46; B41J5/00; B41J5/30; B41J5/44; B41J5/46; G; G06; G06F; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/103; G06F40/109
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
158 words
Electronic equipment comprising: input means for inputting character data; external memory means pluggably attached to said electronic equipment for storing therein a character font and a font name corresponding to the character font; display means for displaying character data corresponding to the character data input by said input means or the font name of the character font; detecting means for detecting that said external memory means has been connected to said electronic equipment body; read means for reading the font name stored in said external memory means when connection of said external memory means to said electronic equipment is detected by said detecting means; and display control means for controlling said display means to display the font name of the character font responsive to the reading by said reading means, to erase the display of the font name after a predetermined time period, and to display character data corresponding to the character data input by said input means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
158 words
Electronic equipment comprising: input means for inputting character data; external memory means pluggably attached to said electronic equipment for storing therein a character font and a font name corresponding to the character font; display means for displaying character data corresponding to the character data input by said input means or the font name of the character font; detecting means for detecting that said external memory means has been connected to said electronic equipment body; read means for reading the font name stored in said external memory means when connection of said external memory means to said electronic equipment is detected by said detecting means; and display control means for controlling said display means to display the font name of the character font responsive to the reading by said reading means, to erase the display of the font name after a predetermined time period, and to display character data corresponding to the character data input by said input means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
Electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein said external memory means is a ROM pack.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
Electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein said external memory means comprises a plurality of external memory means and font names corresponding to respective external memory means are stored at the same address of the external memory means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
Electronic equipment according to claim 1 further comprising a printer provided integrally with said electronic equipment for effecting printing in accordance with the font of the external memory means connected to said electronic equipment.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
182 words
Electronic equipment comprising: input means for inputting character data; external memory means pluggably attached to said electronic equipment for storing therein a character font and a font name corresponding to the character font; display means for displaying character data corresponding to the character data input by said input means or the font name of the character font; detecting means for detecting that said external memory means has been connected to said electronic equipment body; reading means for reading a font name stored in said external memory means when the connection of said external memory means to said electronic equipment is detected by said detecting means; and display control means for controlling said display means to display the font name of the character font responsive to the reading by said reading means, to erase the display of the font name on said display means when the character data is input by said input means, and to read the character data corresponding to the character data input by said input means from said external memory means and display the same on said display means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
182 words
Electronic equipment comprising: input means for inputting character data; external memory means pluggably attached to said electronic equipment for storing therein a character font and a font name corresponding to the character font; display means for displaying character data corresponding to the character data input by said input means or the font name of the character font; detecting means for detecting that said external memory means has been connected to said electronic equipment body; reading means for reading a font name stored in said external memory means when the connection of said external memory means to said electronic equipment is detected by said detecting means; and display control means for controlling said display means to display the font name of the character font responsive to the reading by said reading means, to erase the display of the font name on said display means when the character data is input by said input means, and to read the character data corresponding to the character data input by said input means from said external memory means and display the same on said display means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
Electronic equipment according to claim 5, wherein said external memory means is a ROM pack.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
Electronic equipment according to claim 5, wherein said external memory means comprises a plurality of external memory means and the font names corresponding to respective external memory means are stored at the same address of the external memory means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
Electronic equipment according to claim 5 further comprising a printer provided integrally with said electronic equipment for effecting printing in accordance with the font of the external memory means connected to said electronic equipment.
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