Grammar checker interface

• US 5,678,053 A
• Filed: 09/29/1994
• Issued: 10/14/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Information Technology Center America, Inc. (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Anderson, David B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery
• Assistant Examiner(s): HILL, ANDREW M
• Application Number:
  US08/315,239
• Time in Patent Office: 1,111 Days
• Field of Search: 364/419.02, 364/419.03, 364/419.04, 364/419.05, 364/419.06, 364/419.07, 364/419.08, 364/419.1, 364/419.11, 364/419.12, 364/419.1319.14, 364/419.17, 395/759, 395/788, 395/791, 395/792, 395/793, 395/794, 395/795, 395/803
• US Class Current: 704/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/253 Grammatical analysis; Style critique

Abstract

A convenient interface for a grammar checking system in which improper utilization of words in a sentence is detected and in which corrected words are suggested for insertion in the sentence including means for underlining incorrectly used words and means for providing a caret or inverted V type indicia for words which are to be inserted, with the caret indicating a missing word in the sentence.

Claims

1. An interface for use with a grammar checking system having means for inputting a sentence and means for determining the correctness of the grammar of said sentence and for indicating an incorrect word or words in said sentence or the existence of missing words comprising:

means for displaying said sentence; and

means responsive to the determination of said incorrect or missing words for driving said display to underline incorrect words and to indicate missing words through the display of a caret at the point at which a missing word is determined to exist, said driving means also displaying suggested word adjacent said caret.

2. The interface of claim 1 wherein said sentence exists on a line and wherein said caret is positioned below said line.

3. The interface of claim 1 wherein said driving means includes means for ascertaining the position of incorrect words in said sentence.

4. The interface of claim 1 wherein said driving means includes means for ascertaining the position of a missing words in said sentence.

5. The interface of claim 3 wherein said driving means includes means for converting the position of said incorrect word in said sentence to a corresponding position on said display.

6. The interface of claim 4 wherein said driving means includes means for converting the position of said missing word into a corresponding position on said display.

7. The interface of claim 5 wherein said position on said display corresponds to a pixel.

8. The interface of claim 6 wherein said position on said display corresponds to a pixel.