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Data storage apparatus capable of searching and displaying character data according to corresponding pictorial symbol data

  • US 5,572,233 A
  • Filed: 10/06/1994
  • Issued: 11/05/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A data storage apparatus comprising:

  • a display;

    a data memory;

    input means for inputting into said data memory character data and pictorial symbol data for graphically representing associated character data;

    data search command input means for causing the character data stored in said data memory to be searched; and

    a processor, responsive to said data search command input means, for performing the steps of;

    a) reading out all pictorial symbol data associated with the character data stored in said data memory;

    b) simultaneously displaying pictorial symbols on said display corresponding to the read out pictorial symbol data in order to prompt a user to select a displayed pictorial symbol;

    c) reading out character data associated with the selected pictorial symbol; and

    d) displaying the read out character data on said display.

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