Word processing apparatus

• US 4,651,300 A
• Filed: 02/29/1984
• Issued: 03/17/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/1983
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Makoto, Koie, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaw, Gareth D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lacasse, Randy W.
• Application Number:
  US06/584,779
• Time in Patent Office: 1,112 Days
• Field of Search: 364/200 MS File, 364/900 MS File, 340/146.3
• US Class Current: 715/257
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation

Abstract

A word processing apparatus comprising a word processor which prepares and edits a document by a first CPU in response to a signal received from an input unit; and a spelling collator capable of collating the spelling of each word from an input unit with a stored correct spelling of such word, by a second CPU independently of the first CPU.

Claims

1. A word processing apparatus comprising

a word processor for preparing and editing a document, comprising a first central processing unit acting in response to a code signal received from an input unit, to display the document visually to a medium;

a spell collating means comprising a second central processing unit for collating a spelling of a word of said code signal, a memory for previously storing correct spelling of words and a spelling collation program, and a working memory for storing the spelling of the word to be collated, wherein

said second central processing unit, independently of a function of said first central processing unit, is capable of collating the spelling of the word from said word processor with the correct spelling stored previously in said memory;

an interface device for transmitting the word of said code signal from said word processor to said spell collating means and transmitting an error signal from said spell collating means to said word processor when the spelling of the word of said code signal from said word processor is not found in said memory.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first central processing unit sends words for collation to said spelling collator means through said interface device.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said words to be checked for spelling are directed for temporary storage in a random access memory, and then collated by said second central processing unit with the correct spelling of words stored in a read only memory, and where incorrect spelling is found, an error signal is sent through said interface device to said first central processing unit.

4. A word processing apparatus comprising

a word processor for preparing and editing a document, comprising a firt central processing unit acting in response to a code signal received from an input unit, to display the document visually to a medium;

a spell collating means comprising a second central processing unit for collating a spelling of a word of said code signal, a memory for previously storing correct spelling of words and a spelling collation program, and a working memory for storing the spelling of the word to be collated, wherein

said second central processing unit is capable of collating the spelling of the preceding word from said word processor with the correct spelling stored previously in said memory when said first central processing unit displays the next word of said code signal received from said input unit to said medium;

an interface device for transmitting the word of said code signal from said word processor to said spell collating means and transmitting an error signal from said spell collating means to said word processor when the spelling of the word of said code signal from said word processor is not found in said memory.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said first central processing unit sends words for collation to said spell collating means through said interface device.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein said words to be checked for spelling are directed for temporary storage in a random access memory, and then collated by said second central processing unit with the correct spelling of words stored in a read only memory, and where incorrect spelling is found, an error signal is sent through said interface device to said first central processing unit.