Method of and apparatus for forming ideograms
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1. A system for forming ideograms, such system comprising:
- a keyboard having a plurality of keys for entering characteristic radical information, phonetic information, and colloquial information pertaining to an ideogram;
storage means, for storing information for each ideogram including (1)(a) radical information, and, at least to the extent necessary for unambiguous identification of the ideogram when the radical information is known, (b) phonetic information and, at least to the extent necessary for unambiguous identification of the ideogram when the radical and phonetic information is known, (c) colloquial information, and (2) a graphic record identifier; and
control means for obtaining from the storage means the graphic record identifier for a given ideogram in response to information entered on the keyboard.
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Abstract
A method of and a system for forming ideograms (or ideographic characters) including Chinese and Japanese Kanji, with associated alphabetic symbols for Roman, Hiragana, Chinese BoPoMoFo, Korean Hankul and the like. The system may be employed in the context of an ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) typewriter keyboard. Ideograms to be formed are identified from characteristic radical information, characteristic phonetic information, and characteristic colloquial sound information associated therewith.
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1. A system for forming ideograms, such system comprising:
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a keyboard having a plurality of keys for entering characteristic radical information, phonetic information, and colloquial information pertaining to an ideogram; storage means, for storing information for each ideogram including (1)(a) radical information, and, at least to the extent necessary for unambiguous identification of the ideogram when the radical information is known, (b) phonetic information and, at least to the extent necessary for unambiguous identification of the ideogram when the radical and phonetic information is known, (c) colloquial information, and (2) a graphic record identifier; and control means for obtaining from the storage means the graphic record identifier for a given ideogram in response to information entered on the keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of forming ideograms, such method comprising:
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A. storing information for each ideogram including (1) (a) radical information, and, at least to the extent necessary for unambiguous identification of the ideogram when the radical information is known, (b) phonetic information, and, at least to the extent necessary for unambiguous identification when the radical and phonetic information is known, (c) colloquial information, and (2) a graphic record identifier; B. obtaining, with respect to an ideogram to be formed, (i) radical information, and, at least to the extent necessary for unambiguous identification of the ideogram when the radical information is known, (ii) phonetic information, and, at least to the extent necessary for unambiguous identification of the ideogram when the radical and phonetic information is known, (iii) colloquial information; and C. finding, among the information stored in step A, the graphic record identifier applicable to the information obtained in step B.
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