| 5893133 |
Keyboard for a system and method for processing Chinese language text |
| Apr-6-1999 |
Phonetic Chinese (Pinyin and BPMF) is entered into a computer system and accurately converted into the Hanzi form. The system has a keyboard with diacritic keys (and corresponding ASCII coding) that permit... |
| 5890182 |
Sentence processing method and apparatus |
| Mar-30-1999 |
In a sentence processing apparatus, a possibly erroneous word is extracted from a sentence by analyzing the sentence in accordance with predetermined grammar and predetermined information on words, information... |
| 5870107 |
Character and symbol pattern generator based on skeleton data including thickness calculation |
| Feb-9-1999 |
A character and symbol pattern generator includes a skeleton data storage device for storing beforehand, for every skeleton pattern. Skeleton data includes coordinate data of each skeleton point at which... |
| 5835924 |
Language processing apparatus and method |
| Nov-10-1998 |
A Chinese word inputting apparatus and method converts a Pinyin alphabetic string into a Chinese character, divides the Pinyin alphabetic string input via a keyboard into Chinese syllables by a Chinese... |
| 5835100 |
Method and system for displaying characters composed of multile juxtaposed images within a display device of a data processing system |
| Nov-10-1998 |
The character patterns of all kana (Japanese characters) or kanji (Chinese characters) to be displayed are divided substantially into halves in a horizontal direction (or alternately in a vertical direction)... |
| 5831636 |
Method for compressing ideographic characters for storage decompression and display and a communication device therefor |
| Nov-3-1998 |
A compression/decompression method useful in communicating ideographic characters to communication devices. An ideographic character is represented by a compressed character codeword including information... |
| 5802482 |
System and method for processing graphic language characters |
| Sep-1-1998 |
A system and method is described for processing foreign language characters. An input processor parses input language data into combinations dictated by a set of combining rules. The combining rules are... |
| 5790055 |
Method for encoding chinese and japanese ideographic characters for computer entry, retrieval and processing |
| Aug-4-1998 |
This invention is for encoding of Chinese & Japanese ideographic characters which are digitized into a numeric format compatible for computer access and retrieval. Each Chinese & Japanese character is... |
| 5742838 |
Method for conversion mode selection in hangeul to hanja character conversion |
| Apr-21-1998 |
A system and method for converting Hangeul characters to Hanja characters in the Korean language. The method and system permit the user to select the conversion mode as either a character mode or a word... |
| 5724031 |
Method and keyboard for inputting Chinese characters on the basis of two-stroke forms and two-stroke symbols |
| Mar-3-1998 |
The present invention relates to a method and a keyboard for inputting Chinese characters, which can input both simplified Chinese characters and their original complex forms. The invention defines 25... |
| 5710880 |
Method and system for creating a graphic image with geometric descriptors |
| Jan-20-1998 |
A method for creating a scalable graphic image for display by a pixel-oriented display device. A pixel-based design of the desired graphic image is created and thereafter separated into constituent parts.... |
| 5659772 |
Method for customizing kana-kanji conversion system and kana-kanji conversion system |
| Aug-19-1997 |
A plurality of customization files, each including customizing information of a kana-kanji conversion system and display information corresponding to the customizing information, is prepared. A customization... |
| 5640587 |
Object-oriented rule-based text transliteration system |
| Jun-17-1997 |
A computer system transliterates a text string from a first language to a second language using transliterator objects, each having a set of transliteration rules arranged in a preferred order. Each of... |
| 5634066 |
Information processing apparatus |
| May-27-1997 |
An information processing apparatus by which characters can be inputted easily. Characters of another language corresponding to an alphabetical character, for example, e of the English-USA language, such... |
| 5594642 |
Input methods framework |
| Jan-14-1997 |
A method and system for assisting input of information. The method and system dynamically translates information being input, and allows user interaction with the translation process. The system is flexibly... |
| 5535119 |
Character inputting method allowing input of a plurality of different types of character species, and information processing equipment adopting the same |
| Jul-9-1996 |
An information processing equipment providing easy operations of changing-over character species, and, in which characters can be entered without being conscious of the designation of a character mode.... |
| 5378068 |
Word processor for generating Chinese characters |
| Jan-3-1995 |
A word processor for producing Chinese characters includes a standard United states keyboard, an internal memory unit for storing a dictionary of radicals of Chinese characters from which selected Chinese... |
| 5360343 |
Chinese character coding method using five stroke codes and double phonetic alphabets |
| Nov-1-1994 |
The present invention is a method for inputting Chinese characters into a computer system, by using the 26 alphabet keys on a standard English keyboard to arrange Chinese consonants, vowel codes, codes... |
| 5331557 |
Audio-video coding system for Chinese characters |
| Jul-19-1994 |
A method for audio-video coding of Chinese characters wherein each audio-video code has two elements. The first element is an audio code element, and the second element is a video code element. The audio... |
| 5321801 |
Document processor with character string conversion function |
| Jun-14-1994 |
A document processor includes: a CRT; a keyboard for inputting characters or codes; a kana-kanji converting device for converting the inputted characters or codes into a predetermined form; a start point... |
| 5319552 |
Apparatus and method for selectively converting a phonetic transcription of Chinese into a Chinese character from a plurality of notations |
| Jun-7-1994 |
Input according to Pin Yin notation and input according to Zhu Yin notation are allowed. Input data in the Pin Yin notation and input data in the Zhu Yin notation are respectively converted into corresponding... |
| 5307267 |
Method and keyboard for input of characters via use of specified shapes and patterns |
| Apr-26-1994 |
A method of inputting characters and symbols on pattern element basis and a keyboard with over ten keys by means of which the characters and symbols are inputted. This input method and its keyboard can... |
| 5305207 |
Graphic language character processing and retrieving method |
| Apr-19-1994 |
A processing and retrieving method for the characters of a character language to/from a memory device. The character is built-up with at least one unit or root. The method comprises the steps of designating... |
| 5285387 |
Method for linking an applications program and a conversion program |
| Feb-8-1994 |
The present invention provides a standardized interface between an conversion program and an applications program where the conversion program processes input data for the applications program. The interface... |
| 5270927 |
Method for conversion of phonetic Chinese to character Chinese |
| Dec-14-1993 |
A method for converting phonetic Chinese into Chinese characters effectuated by ascertaining an optimal path through a lattice of possible combinations of Chinese characters by calculating the probability... |
| 5255355 |
Document processor |
| Oct-19-1993 |
The method and apparatus providing for the conversion of phonetic symbols to kanji characters. Phonetic symbols, such as kana symbols, are converted to corresponding kanji characters by inputting the phonetic... |
| 5255189 |
Method and system for retrieving ideographic characters and the associated dictionary entries |
| Oct-19-1993 |
A method and system for retrieving ideographic characters such as Chinese characters wherein a computer displays a set of four questions relating, respectively, to the geometrical characteristics of the... |
| 5212769 |
Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding Chinese characters |
| May-18-1993 |
An apparatus and method for encoding and decoding Chinese characters comprises converting the strokes of a Chinese character in a sequence conforming at least initially with the Chinese handwriting rules... |
| 5212638 |
Alphabetic keyboard arrangement for typing Mandarin Chinese phonetic data |
| May-18-1993 |
The invention is an alphabetic keyboard arrangement for convenient and fast typing--for instructional, research or data entry purposes--the phonetic data or phonetic transcriptions of Mandarin Chinese... |
| 5175803 |
Method and apparatus for data processing and word processing in Chinese using a phonetic Chinese language |
| Dec-29-1992 |
A method and apparatus for data processing and word processing in the Chinese language. A Phonetic Chinese Language (PCL) is defined in which any ideogram can be unambiguously represented by a Phonetic... |
| 5164900 |
Method and device for phonetically encoding Chinese textual data for data processing entry |
| Nov-17-1992 |
A method and device for coded entry of Chinese character text data into a word processing, display, printing, telecommunication, etc. system. In the principal embodiment of the invention, an electronic... |
| 5131766 |
Method for encoding chinese alphabetic characters |
| Jul-21-1992 |
An apparatus and method for encoding chinese characters into a computer. Each character is divided into a leading part and a body part. The leading part is represented by one code element and the body... |
| 5119296 |
Method and apparatus for inputting radical-encoded chinese characters |
| Jun-2-1992 |
A computer-encoding method for Chinese characters and a corresponding information-processing apparatus. The six basic strokes of Chinese characters in regular script are summarized, and a number of more... |
| 5079702 |
Phonetic multi-lingual word processor |
| Jan-7-1992 |
A word processor using a standard United States keyboard which enables desired Chinese characters to be displayed by virtue of a phonetic selection of the consonant and vowel of the words represented by... |
| 5047932 |
Method for coding the input of Chinese characters from a keyboard according to the first phonetic symbols and tones thereof |
| Sep-10-1991 |
A method for coding the input of Chinese characters from a keyboard according to the first phonetic symbols and tones thereof includes the steps of making a dictionary; establishing a conversion table... |
| 4951202 |
Oriental language processing system |
| Aug-21-1990 |
The expression of characters in Chinese, Japanese or Korean languages in a directly readable code suitable for input through a small keyboard into an information processor. Output is in the input code... |
| 4949260 |
Method for inputting chinese information through hieroglyphic approach and keyboard arrangement therefor |
| Aug-14-1990 |
A method and an arrangement of key-board are disclosed for inputting information in Chinese through a hieroglyphic approach, in which the forms, sounds, and meanings of the English letters and the numerals... |
| 4937745 |
Method and apparatus for selecting, storing and displaying chinese script characters |
| Jun-26-1990 |
A method and apparatus for selecting and storing script characters, particularly Chinese, in a computerized system containing a memory wherein is stored a database of such script characters. The database... |
| 4920492 |
Method of inputting chinese characters and keyboard for use with same |
| Apr-24-1990 |
An improved method for inputting Chinese characters into computers and the keyboard arrangement therefor wherein the Chinese characters, of which the numbers are enormous and the structures are complicated,... |
| 4879653 |
Selection system for ideographic characters by touch typing using phonetic/hieroglyphic codes |
| Nov-7-1989 |
A system for ideographic character selection. Provision is made for selection of desired ideographic characters by use of designators termed combinational headwords each having a one-to-one correspondence... |
| 4843589 |
Word storage device for use in language interpreter |
| Jun-27-1989 |
A portable electronic language interpreter device comprises an input device for entering a specific word, an abbreviation memory device, and an access device responsive to inputs entered via the input... |
| 4805100 |
Language processing method and apparatus |
| Feb-14-1989 |
When a Japanese or Korean bunsetsu-phrase lattice, that is, a set of linguistic units called bunsetsu-phrases each element of which having various starting and ending positions, and numerical values representing... |
| 4777600 |
Phonetic data-to-kanji character converter with a syntax analyzer to alter priority order of displayed kanji homonyms |
| Oct-11-1988 |
An input processing system inputs character string data including kanji characters and corresponding to phonetic data by entering phonetic data. An input device sequentially inputs phonetic data and sentence... |
| 4761761 |
Multitype characters processing method and terminal device with multiple display buffers |
| Aug-2-1988 |
A multitype characters processing method and terminal device is used to process code data representing characters belonging to any one of a plurality of character sets, there being characters common to... |
| 4710877 |
Device for the programmed teaching of arabic language and recitations |
| Dec-1-1987 |
A computerized device to teach the basics of the Arabic language and the rules of the recitation of the Qur'an meeting the particular requirements of the Arabic language and the Qur'anic phonetics and... |
| 4698758 |
Method of selecting and reproducing language characters |
| Oct-6-1987 |
A method of selecting and reproducing language characters, preferably in languages having a multitude of pictorial characters, from phonetic or sound representation of the language, includes the steps... |
| 4692865 |
Method and a system for composing the pattern of the chinese character |
| Sep-8-1987 |
The present invention relates to a method and a system for composing patterns of predetermined less-frequently-used Chinese characters using an information processor, causing the memory occupation to be... |
| 4680710 |
Computer composition of nastaliq script of the urdu group of languages |
| Jul-14-1987 |
A method is disclosed for computer composition of Nastaliq script and similar Ruka'ah script of the Urdu group of languages (Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, Pushto, Sindhi) in full conformance to rules of a... |
| 4670842 |
Method and system for the generation of Arabic script |
| Jun-2-1987 |
For effecting the automatic selection of Arabic character forms for display/printing of Arabic script, the structure of Arabic words is defined in terms of the respective shapes of the characters, and... |
| 4670841 |
Composite character generator |
| Jun-2-1987 |
A system for the generation of composite ideographic characters is disclosed. Composite characters are generated by the placement of basic characters which are stored in memory into basic layouts which... |