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Information retrieval apparatus and information editing system using the same

US5321843A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 12, 1991
Grant dateJun 14, 1994
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Expiry dateSep 12, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99933
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for retrieving the desired information from files provided with a shift register (294) having a predetermined number of stages for receiving and transferring the data read out of files, a key register (292) having a predetermined number of stages for registering the retrieval key, a comparator (296) for comparing each data in the key register with each dater in the corresponding shift register, and a logical operation circuit (297) which generates and outputs a match signal relating to the coincidence or mismatch of the retrieval key in the key register with a data array in the corresponding shift register.

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