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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5319746 | Automatic hyphenation apparatus displaying grammatically correct suggestions for hyphenation of a word isolated on a single display line A document editing hyphenating text words to obtain a more efficient use of the print material and provide a more aesthetically pleasing printed document. The apparatus has a keyboard for inputting text and including a hyphenation key. Also included in th... | 06/07/1994 |
| 4995738 | Document processing apparatus with automatic hyphenation during editing A document processing apparatus which can hyphenate the input document information and can display and print the hyphenated document in the same form is provided. This apparatus includes: a memory device having a document memory unit to store character co... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4887920 | Punctuation check feature for an electronic typewriter An electronic typewriter having a punctuation checking feature checks each punctuation feature as it is stored in a memory section, against a set of predetermined rules which define punctuation errors in terms of the context of the punctuation mark. If th... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4880321 | Printing apparatus for automatically conducting a carriage return The disclosure relates to a printing device which includes so-called hot zones wherein a punctuation or hyphenation is automatically performed in accordance with a predetermined rule thereby letting users be free from the inconvenience of line end arrange... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4823288 | Document processor 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 inputt... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4678351 | Right margin zone hyphenation An electronic typewriter has a right margin zone hyphenation system operable with an error correction function to provide a reasonably aligned right margin of printed lines on a work sheet. To hyphen a word or a partial word printed in the hyphenation zon... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4574363 | Mixed mode enhanced resolution hyphenation function for a text processing system The combination of dictionary driven hyphenation, specialized algorithmic hyphenation and intelligent blank insertion provides improved right margin justification capability in a text processing system. When hyphenation is required for right margin justif... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4556332 | Electronic typewriter including right margin adjusting means When a number of input key data sequentially stored in a first line buffer memory from a keyboard coincide with the contents of a right margin memory in a RAM, the line data up to the word immediately preceding the word reaching a preset right margin is s... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4523294 | Character spaced justification method and apparatus Method and apparatus for performing true right justification applicable to character printers utilizing variable character spacing. The method of the present invention may be applied to any printer that is capable of variable character pitch settings in r... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4456969 | System for automatically hyphenating and verifying the spelling of words in a multi-lingual document Disclosed is an improved system for verifying the spelling and providing hyphenation points for text words from a plurality of interspersed languages. The control system includes control codes which are inserted in the text to define the language of the t... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4354765 | Hyphen characterization apparatus for a typewriter In a typewriter having text storage capability, the hyphen code that is stored in response to depression of a hyphen key is conditioned on printing position and on the codes adjacent to the hyphen code in a text string. If a hyphen is keyed after the star... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4308582 | Precursory set-up for a word processing system A control system presents to a user, in the user's native language, the list of acceptable functions that a word processing system can perform. After the user selects the name of the desired function, the control system automatically builds a list of cont... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4244031 | Word processor Character and control code data are input from a keyboard into a memory. A CRT display unit displays one line of data stored in the memory. A printer is automatically activated to print the line of data in response to a carriage return or line feed code, ... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4194197 | Automatic centering of character strings In a word processor a string of characters entered serially via a keyboard into a plurality of positions are centered about a particular point on a line of a record medium by providing a storage medium having a plurality of addressed cells which are seria... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4181972 | Means and methods for automatic hyphenating words Automatic means and methods for hyphenating words suitable for use with digitally controlled printing apparatus wherein the consonant-vowel pattern of a predetermined selected portion of a word is converted to binary digital values and compared to a compa... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4139902 | Hyphenation controller In a word processing system there is provided: apparatus for automatically centering a string of characters delivered by a source onto a line of a record medium such as a cathode-ray tube display; and apparatus for changing weak or optional hyphens to str... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4092729 | Apparatus for automatically forming hyphenated words Improved hyphenation apparatus is combined with word verification apparatus to automatically provide hyphenation points for input words from a keyboard or other input device. The spelling of each word input to the system is verified by the digital referen... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4087852 | Microprocessor for an automatic word-processing system The keyboard, printer and recording means are peripheral units under the control of a microprocessor including a programmable read-only memory from which appropriate control instructions are derived. Control signal sequences for operating the word process... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4028677 | Digital reference hyphenation matrix apparatus for automatically forming hyphenated words Apparatus for automatic hyphenation of input words from a word processing system. The apparatus includes a digital reference matrix memory containing a vector representation of all legal hyphenations for each dictionary word in the form of a calculated ma... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3998311 | Indicating entry into a variable width right margin zone A system which utilizes a floating hot zone for controlling quality of ultimately justified output text. In preparing text for later justified output, the minimum space size is set at three units. The zone is variable in width and located within the measu... | 12/21/1976 |
