US5195032A — Device for designating a processing area for use …

Claim 1

Independent Claim 113 words

A designated block processing device for use in a translation machine, comprising: block designating means for designating at least a start point and end point of a block in a source document; said block containing a plurality of sentences and said block designating means identifying a head sentence as the start point by a first number and an end sentence as the end point by a second number; judging means for judging whether or not the block containing the numbered sentences have already been designated; and means for consecutively processing for translation all of the numbered sentence or sentences included in the block when said judging means judges that the block is designated.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 113 words

A designated block processing device for use in a translation machine, comprising: block designating means for designating at least a start point and end point of a block in a source document; said block containing a plurality of sentences and said block designating means identifying a head sentence as the start point by a first number and an end sentence as the end point by a second number; judging means for judging whether or not the block containing the numbered sentences have already been designated; and means for consecutively processing for translation all of the numbered sentence or sentences included in the block when said judging means judges that the block is designated.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 51 words

The device according to claim 1, wherein said block designating means comprising: sentence number input means for inputting a head sentence number assigned to the source sentence situated at the beginning of the block and a bottom sentence number assigned to another source sentence situated at the end of the block.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 29 words

The device according to claim 2, wherein said sentence judging means is a flag which is set when the head sentence is designated by said sentence number input means.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 129 words

A designated block processing apparatus for use in a translation machine, comprising: sentence number input means for assigning sequentially numbers to a plurality or original sentences in an original document; sentence number designating means for designating the sequential number of a head sentence and the sequential number of an end sentence to form a block each including one or more original sentences desired to be processed in the original document and for designating the block of the original sentences to be processed; judging means for judging whether or not the sentence numbers of the block to be processed are already designated; and means for consecutively processing the sentence included int eh block designated by said sentence number designating means when said judging means judges that the block is designated.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 129 words

A designated block processing apparatus for use in a translation machine, comprising: sentence number input means for assigning sequentially numbers to a plurality or original sentences in an original document; sentence number designating means for designating the sequential number of a head sentence and the sequential number of an end sentence to form a block each including one or more original sentences desired to be processed in the original document and for designating the block of the original sentences to be processed; judging means for judging whether or not the sentence numbers of the block to be processed are already designated; and means for consecutively processing the sentence included int eh block designated by said sentence number designating means when said judging means judges that the block is designated.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 31 words

The apparatus according to claim 4, further including means for serially, automatically or manually numbering the sentences in the order that the number of the sentence increases as the sentence proceeds.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 31 words

The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the numbers of the head and end sentences in the desired block of the original sentences are entered by operating keys on a keyboard.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 46 words

The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the number of a head sentence in the block is substituted for an initial value of a loop counter and the number of an end sentence in the block is substituted for the maximum value of the loop counter.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 140 words

A designated block processing apparatus for use in a translation machine for designating sentences in at least one block, comprising: sentence number input means for inputting numbers assigned to at least one original sentence in an original document; sentence number designating means for designating a number of a head sentence and a number of an end sentence in each desired block, said block including at least one original sentence which is to be processed in the original document and for designating each block of the original sentences to be processed; judging means for judging whether or not the sentence numbers of each block to be processed has already been designated; and means for consecutively processing the sentences including in each block designated by said sentence number number designating means when said judging means judges that each block has been designated.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 140 words

A designated block processing apparatus for use in a translation machine for designating sentences in at least one block, comprising: sentence number input means for inputting numbers assigned to at least one original sentence in an original document; sentence number designating means for designating a number of a head sentence and a number of an end sentence in each desired block, said block including at least one original sentence which is to be processed in the original document and for designating each block of the original sentences to be processed; judging means for judging whether or not the sentence numbers of each block to be processed has already been designated; and means for consecutively processing the sentences including in each block designated by said sentence number number designating means when said judging means judges that each block has been designated.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 49 words

The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein each of the original sentences in the translation machine is serially, automatically, or manually numbered with the head sentence being numbered by a first number and the end sentence being numbered by a second number which is greater than said first number.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 27 words

The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the numbers of the head and end sentence in the desired block are entered by operating keys on a keyboard.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 40 words

The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the number of the head sentence is substituted for an initial value of a loop counter and the number of the end sentence is substituted for the maximum value of the loop counter.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 93 words

A designated block processing apparatus for use in a translation machine, comprising: means for designating at least one block defined by a plurality of numbered sentences by designating a head sentence of the block by a number and an end sentence of the block by a number; judging means for judging whether or not a block to be translated has been designated; an means for consecutively processing for translations all of the sentences included in the block designated by the means for designating when the judging means judges that the block is designated.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 93 words

A designated block processing apparatus for use in a translation machine, comprising: means for designating at least one block defined by a plurality of numbered sentences by designating a head sentence of the block by a number and an end sentence of the block by a number; judging means for judging whether or not a block to be translated has been designated; an means for consecutively processing for translations all of the sentences included in the block designated by the means for designating when the judging means judges that the block is designated.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 27 words

The apparatus according to claim 12 wherein the means for designating designates the head sentence by a first number and the end sentence by a second number.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 18 words

The apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the second number is greater in value than the first number.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 15 words

The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the means for designating designates a plurality of blocks.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 46 words

The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the sentence number input means numbers every original sentence sequentially in the original document, so that a head sentence and an end sentence can be selected for translation by number designation of selected original sentences within the original document.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1996-03-15	1996-09-14	1997-03-16	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2000-03-15	2000-09-14	2001-03-16	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2004-03-15	2004-09-14	2005-03-16	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Device for designating a processing area for use in a translation machine

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