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Documentation system having multilingual function

US5127748A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 21, 1990
Grant dateJul 7, 1992
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0238
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A documentation system having a multilingual function, including a keyboard; a keyboard mode selecting device for setting at least a standard language mode and a multilingual mode wherein one keyboard mode (an optional language mode different from the standard keyboard language mode) can be selected from a plurality of selectable optional language keyboard modes; an optional language keyboard mode selecting device for selecting one optional language mode from said plurality of selectable optional language keyboard modes according to an operation of certain predetermined keys on the keyboard while in the multilingual mode; a selected keyboard mode storing device for storing an optional language mode selected by the optional language keyboard mode selecting device; and a selected keyboard mode reading device for automatically reading the optional language mode selected from the selected keyboard mode storing device when the multilingual mode is set by the keyboard mode selecting device so as to automatically condition the keyboard into the selected optional language keyboard mode whenever the multilingual mode is set. With this arrangement, one of the selectable (optional language) k…

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