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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6758614 | Printer unit and printing apparatus incorporating the same A print head is provided in a casing of a printing apparatus having a housing section which houses continuous paper therein, to perform printing on the continuous paper. A platen roller has a platen shaft rotatably supported on a cover of the printing apparatus whic... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6536345 | Printing on the surface of edible substrates Apparatus and a method for printing an image on an edible substrate is described. The apparatus comprises a printer head assemble having a container or containers for liquid food colorant. A support for holding an edible substrate adjacent a print head as... | 03/25/2003 |
| 5745875 | Stenographic translation system automatic speech recognition The present invention involves a stenographic translation system which comprises (a) a stenographic processor device for converting lexical stroke symbols to first output units comprising language text words and sets of undefined lexical stroke symbols; (... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5213422 | Bicameral pictographic-language keyboard A Bicameral Keyboard is provided for generating pictographic characters wherein twenty keys are sufficient to specify the roughly 3000 characters required for ordinary personal and business correspondence. The Bicameral Keyboard is compatible with pictogr... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5149211 | Printers and ancillary systems Improved printers are disclosed which are characterized by means for inputting data which is arranged to function without the use of an alpha-numeric keyboard. The data inputting means may be a cursor moving device operating in conjunction with a graphics... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4722621 | Keyboard assembly and recording apparatus A keyboard assembly for selecting characters to be recorded includes a substrate carrying an array of characters arranged on one face thereof. A character selection device moves between advanced and retracted positions along each of two axes of the array ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4582441 | Text editing with voice prompting An electronic typewriter or other keyboard entry display device may have a voice or audio prompt option incorporated therein. The option provides for the operator to record a series of commands to position the print point as desired and then to code a ser... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4435617 | Speech-controlled phonetic typewriter or display device using two-tier approach A speech-controlled phonetic device utilizes a two-tier approach for converting an audio input into visual form. The device basically comprises: various components for identifying different phonemes, such as a sound separator, various sensors and transduc... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4384795 | Standardized interface for acoustic bar typewriters An interface for converting standard computer character code, in either serial or parallel form, into a sequence of simulated acoustic wave pattern signals. These wave pattern signals are then applied to an acoustic bar operated typewriter, like the typew... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4378552 | Acoustic encoding apparatus Encoding apparatus for a business machine includes a resilient striker for inducing diverging sound waves within a rod by impact with it at a given location. Transducers positioned along the rod on each side of the striker and at unequal distances from it... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4311991 | Acoustic transmission member An acoustic transmission member is disclosed for use in an encoding system utilizing acoustic energy wherein diverging sound waves are induced within the member in response to selected actuation of a striker positioned along the member. The time taken by ... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4258356 | Multi bar encoding apparatus utilizing acoustic energy An encoding apparatus in which strikers actuated by the keys of a keyboard, for example, impact selected ones of a group of parallel bars (equivalent to sonic delay lines) at points substantially equally distant from single transducers located on each bar... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4051606 | Self-learning apparatus for reading and writing of the Japanese language A self-learning apparatus for reading (pronouncing) and writing (typing) of the Japanese language is provided in combination with a device for audibly learning pronunciation of the Japanese language from hearing of its sounds manually reproduced on the de... | 10/04/1977 |
