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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5402250 | Document processing system A document processing system which is capable of forming an open document architecture (ODA) document and processing document information related to the ODA document, where each page of the ODA document is made up of one or a plurality of blocks in which ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5383027 | Portrait printer system with digital image processing editing A portraiture printer system receives portrait film which carries portrait images provided by a portraiture camera. A frame grabber receives portrait images carried on the film and converts them into digitized images. An edit station processes the digitiz... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5337406 | Document processing apparatus for simultaneously displaying graphic data, image data, and character data for a frame A document processing apparatus includes an microprocessing unit, a main memory, an external memory, a cathode ray tube display, and input units (e.g., a pointing device and a keyboard). In this apparatus, graphic (e.g., an illustration) data, image (e.g.... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5289570 | Picture image editing system for forming boundaries in picture image data in a page memory device A picture image editing system, incorporating a page memory device, having an editing subsystem and a boundary writing subsystem. The system is capable of writing desired boundary region data for at least some of the demarcating areas of a plurality of se... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5276792 | Word processor permitting modification of a preset frame A word processor comprises a setting unit for setting a frame for entered characters and a unit for processing the characters in the frame. In an edit operation, the characters in the frame are displayed on a CRT screen and edited without affecting inform... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5263133 | Text processing apparatus having a frame preparation function A text processing apparatus has a frame preparation function wherein a synthesized frame is prepared containing character information superposed on a prepared frame. The apparatus has structure to append control information to a space that is input as cha... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5214755 | Document processing method and system An improved document processing system is disclosed wherein objects such as text areas, numerical tables or graphic data may be assigned a fixed location within a document. The system automatically allocates layout areas that surround the fixed areas with... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5208906 | Method and apparatus for representing bordered areas of a generic form with records An apparatus and method for incorporating a topological two-dimensional partitioning procedure for dynamically creating, revising, storing, displaying and printing generic forms. The generic form contains a plurality of bordered areas. Each of the bordere... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5204946 | Mixed text and image data processing An image received is inserted at appropriate positions of a text which is separately received through a communication line. More specifically, a text is displayed first, and an arbitrary area in the displaying screen is then set. Thereafter, the text bein... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5199081 | System for recording an image having a facial image and ID information A system comprises a form of a predetermined format having an area for the facial image, an area for a monochrome image constituting a part of the ID information and an area for a character image constituting the other part of the ID information, image re... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5179650 | Method and apparatus for editing documents An apparatus and method for editing a document to automatically produce a satisfactory, well ordered layout which includes the steps of (a) extracting characteristic quantities which characterize different elements of the document; (b) deriving relationsh... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5179646 | Frame processing system capable of expanding and contracting a frame A frame processing system is capable of expanding and contracting a frame having a plurality of frame lines to define a plurality of areas. One of the areas can be expanded or contracted without expanding or contracting the other areas. One of the frame l... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5170467 | Method of printing leaflets, catalogs or the like A method of preparing printing plates for printing leaflets, catalogs or the like using a computer. The design for a leaflet, a catalog or the like is classified into line drawings, photographs and characters and they are introduced into a computer throug... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5151975 | Word processor with text layout display function A word processor with a text layout display function, arranged so as to confirm various input conditions from the information in a text frame which is displayed concurrently on the same screen. The word processor has a storage unit for storing various kin... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5140676 | Desktop publishing system and method of making up documents A desktop publishing system is adapted to the interactive makeup and management of documents according to a model, in which model a document is made up of one or more kinds of components characterized by contents, name and properties, and which model repr... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5113492 | Apparatus for processing character and image data A mixed data processing apparatus having a memory for storing mixed data of character blocks and image blocks and a discriminator of discriminating whether or not the number of blocks stored in the memory exceed a predetermined number. A synthesizer synth... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5089990 | Word processor with column layout function A word processor has capabilities for dividing a region corresponding to one page into a plurality of blocks, for specifying a sentence or sentences to be placed into each of the blocks, for specifying priority sequence among these blocks or among the spe... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5068809 | Formatting system Desktop publishing system for preparing and managing documents in accordance with a model defined by graphic properties by using input document information and commands. This model is specified by a number of differently oriented sets of grid lines equidi... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5051930 | Method and apparatus for editing documents including a plurality of data of different types A documentation system for editing a document in which a plurality of document data of different forms coexist in a mixed fashion and which includes one or more pages each partitioned into a plurality of regions in accordance with difference edition proce... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5031121 | System for automatically processing a document including text and associated image information A document processing system includes an input section, a memory section, a text analyzing section, an image identifying section, an image size identifying section, a layout processing section, and an output section. Document data is constituted by text d... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5003499 | Document preparation apparatus having rearrangement apparatus for rearranging text according to region attribate information The document edition unit includes region set apparatus for setting a size of the region to a size corresponding to the print output, region attribute set apparatus for setting attribute information, region information hold apparatus, and text re-determin... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4958301 | Method of and apparatus for converting attributes of display data into desired colors in accordance with relation An apparatus for displaying display data without color competition includes a memory for storing the display data, attributes being assigned to portions of the display data in units of pixels, a controller for obtaining, in response to an input change ins... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4949287 | Document processing system A document processing system for laying out text data and image data referred to in the text data, thereby forming a document data. The system comprises a format-data storage section, a reference-data storage section, and a layout section. The format-data... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4939674 | Label generation apparatus The label generation apparatus enables the user to define a label of arbitrary size, shape and characteristics. Each label in a series of labels includes unique indicia that individually identify each label according to any predefined sequence. The label ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4891770 | Apparatus and process for creating variably sized block diagrams to accommodate variable text contents while yet retaining overall block shape A computer aided design system processes input instructions to produce block diagrams. Each block has sub-blocks and text may be placed into each sub-block. The system then automatically draws the blocks to an optimum size. Boundaries defining the edge of... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4849822 | Method and apparatus for electronic page combination for reproduction technology A method for electronic page montage for reproduction technology with recording of the pages on a recording medium by means of a recorder which comprises a multi-track recording element whose resolution is finer than the resolution of the image informatio... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4829470 | Text flow around irregular shaped graphic objects An improved mixed object editor flows text around and into irregularly shaped graphic objects on a page so that all the "white" space on the page is filled. An irregularly shaped window which generally conforms to the shape of the graphic object is first ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4723211 | Editing of a superblock data structure Improvements in an application composite eidtor for compound documents containing not only text but also graphics and tables facilitate the manipulation of object sets in the formatting algorithm. The editor works with a page layout philosophy wherein dat... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4723210 | Superblock structure in a multiple in a data editor Improvements in an application composite editor for compound documents containing not only text but also graphics and tables facilitate the manipulation of object sets in the formatting algorithm. The editor works with a page layout philosophy wherein dat... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4718784 | Rating plate printing apparatus and method Printing apparatus and method for printing label designs on blank labels, where the blank labels are organized in rows of one or more labels per row. The apparatus includes a dot matrix impact printer with a resolution of at least 100 pixels per inch. The... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4712929 | Label printer with variable format A printer operatively associated with an electronic weigher includes an input unit having numeric keys or format keys, a memory device storing a plurality of programs for controlling positions at which data are to be printed on a label as well as the size... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4616336 | Independent image and annotation overlay with highlighting of overlay conflicts A word processing system is provided with separate data structures in system memory (4). One of these, the internal image, contains the calculated graphics image and another the operator's alphanumeric character input. When displaying, the two images are ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4608662 | Method for editing document A method of editing a document comprises displaying a text sentence on the screen of a display unit, bounding an area partly removed of the displayed text sentence and reserved for the display of a figure, calculating a configuration which the bounded are... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4555802 | Compaction and decompaction of non-coded information bearing signals Image or character data in the form of a rectangular array of binary 1s and 0s (bits) are divided into a plurality of segments, such as thirty-two by thirty-two bit segments or one bit by eight bit or byte segments. The image data is scanned for identifyi... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4539653 | Formatting text/graphics using plural independent formatting mechanisms Machine-implemented text/graphics formatting is based upon a logical page area on a presentation-receiving medium, such as a CRT face, sheet of paper and the like. Named text and graphics receiving areas are selectively assignable to the logical pages of ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4517658 | Picture information filing system for permanently storing portions of previously permanently stored data logically combining the portions A first location and a last location of the required part of a first piece of picture information displayed at a display part are specified by cursors. Cleared data is transferred to a picture element memory where said picture information is stored for re... | 05/14/1985 |
