Method and apparatus for reproducing desired ideographs
First Claim
1. An input-output typing machine for selecting and printing desired ideographs from a list of available ideographs comprising means for storing information representing at least a portion of the phonetic spelling of the commonly used names of the ideographs and for storing information representing a descriptive characteristic of each ideograph in the list of available ideographs to uniquely identify each available ideograph, means for inputing information representing at least a portion of the phonetic spelling of a desired ideograph, means for inputing information representing the descriptive characteristic of the desired ideograph, means for comparing the information representing the phonetic spelling and descriptive characteristic of the desired ideograph with the stored information of the available ideographs, means for selecting the desired ideograph based on the stored information and the input information and means for visually reproducing the selected ideograph thereby permitting the use of a conventional keyboard by a person without special training to uniquely identify and print each desired ideograph.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for reproducing desired Chinese ideographs using standard typewriter keyboard bearing phonetic symbols is disclosed for typing, typesetting and composing, transmissions of telegrams in computer languages and the like including the steps of coding ideographs by their phonetic spelling and characteristic identification to uniquely identify each ideograph, storing the coded information, inputing the phonetic spelling of a desired ideograph, inputing characteristic identification of the desired ideograph, identifying the desired ideograph based on the stored information and the input information, and reproducing the desired ideograph thereby permitting the use of a conventional keyboard to print Chinese ideographs without requiring any additional means for selecting the desired ideograph.
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- 1. An input-output typing machine for selecting and printing desired ideographs from a list of available ideographs comprising means for storing information representing at least a portion of the phonetic spelling of the commonly used names of the ideographs and for storing information representing a descriptive characteristic of each ideograph in the list of available ideographs to uniquely identify each available ideograph, means for inputing information representing at least a portion of the phonetic spelling of a desired ideograph, means for inputing information representing the descriptive characteristic of the desired ideograph, means for comparing the information representing the phonetic spelling and descriptive characteristic of the desired ideograph with the stored information of the available ideographs, means for selecting the desired ideograph based on the stored information and the input information and means for visually reproducing the selected ideograph thereby permitting the use of a conventional keyboard by a person without special training to uniquely identify and print each desired ideograph.
- 16. A method for selecting and printing desired ideographs from a list of available ideographs comprising coding the available ideographs by at least a portion of the phonetic spelling of their commonly used names, coding the available ideographs by a descriptive characteristic of each available ideograph, storing the codes as coded information representing the available ideographs, inputing information representing at least a portion of the phonetic spelling of a desired ideograph, inputing information representing the descriptive characteristic of the desired ideograph, comparing the inputed information representing the phonetic spelling and descriptive characteristic of the desired ideograph with the stored coded information of the available ideographs, selecting the desired ideograph based on the stored coded information and the input information and visually reproducing the selected indeograph thereby permitting the use of a conventional keyboard by a person without special training to uniquely identify and print each desired ideograph.
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