Electronic dictionary and language interpreter with faculties of examining a full-length word based on a partial word entered and of displaying the total word and a translation corresponding thereto
First Claim
1. A portable word information storage apparatus comprising:
- means for entering a partial word in a specific language, the partial word containing at least one character and at least one blank character;
first means for storing a plurality of full-length words in the same specific language;
first means for addressing the storing means so as to search the plurality of full-length words;
means responsive to the entering means and the storing means for determining a coincidence between the partial word entered by said entering means and corresponding letters of each of the plurality of full-length words stored in the storing means, said means for determining producing a coincidence signal upon detection of each said coincidence;
second means for storing a plurality of translations corresponding to the plurality of full-length words stored in the first storing means;
first means responsive to the coincidence signals produced by determining means for indicating the coincident full-length word on a first display;
second means responsive to the determining means for addressing the second storing means so as to recall each of the plurality of translations corresponding to a coincident full-length word; and
second means responsive to the second addressing means for indicating the translation corresponding to the coincident full-length word in a second display.
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Abstract
A portable word information storage apparatus comprises an input device for entering a partial word in a specific language, the partial word containing at least one character and at least one blank character, a memory device for storing a plurality of full-length words in the same specific language and a plurality of translations corresponding thereto, an addressing device for addressing the memory device, a coincidence device for determining the partial coincidence between the partial word and the full-length word, and a driving device for driving two displays, whereby a pair of one full-length word and one translation thereof are respectively displayed in the two displays. The partial word may contain two or more blank characters wherein a couple of one total word and one translation thereof are successively examined and determined, and then displayed.
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9 Claims
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1. A portable word information storage apparatus comprising:
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means for entering a partial word in a specific language, the partial word containing at least one character and at least one blank character; first means for storing a plurality of full-length words in the same specific language; first means for addressing the storing means so as to search the plurality of full-length words; means responsive to the entering means and the storing means for determining a coincidence between the partial word entered by said entering means and corresponding letters of each of the plurality of full-length words stored in the storing means, said means for determining producing a coincidence signal upon detection of each said coincidence; second means for storing a plurality of translations corresponding to the plurality of full-length words stored in the first storing means; first means responsive to the coincidence signals produced by determining means for indicating the coincident full-length word on a first display; second means responsive to the determining means for addressing the second storing means so as to recall each of the plurality of translations corresponding to a coincident full-length word; and second means responsive to the second addressing means for indicating the translation corresponding to the coincident full-length word in a second display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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