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Electronic dictionary and language interpreter with faculties of examining a full-length word based on a partial word entered and of displaying the total word and a translation corresponding thereto

US4339806A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 15, 1979
Grant dateJul 13, 1982
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Expiry dateNov 15, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/274
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A portable word information storage apparatus comprises an input device for entering a partial word in a specific language, the partial word containing at least one character and at least one blank character, a memory device for storing a plurality of full-length words in the same specific language and a plurality of translations corresponding thereto, an addressing device for addressing the memory device, a coincidence device for determining the partial coincidence between the partial word and the full-length word, and a driving device for driving two displays, whereby a pair of one full-length word and one translation thereof are respectively displayed in the two displays. The partial word may contain two or more blank characters wherein a couple of one total word and one translation thereof are successively examined and determined, and then displayed.

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