Abstract: An electronic translator is characterized in that a voice memory for storing voice data of translated words is detachably connectable to any one of at least two terminals of the translator. A detection circuit is provided for detecting which of the terminals is occupied by the voice memory. A voice generator through is provided for generation voice synthesization of the voice data of the translated words.

Abstract: An output voltage from an O.sub.2 sensor is intermittently sampled and the sampled voltage is converted into a binary signal. The binary signal is applied to an electrical digital computer, and therein the following operations are carried out. First, the maximum value and minimum value of the applied binary signal are detected, then the difference between the maximum and minimum values and the sum of the maximum and minimum values are calculated. A reference value is calculated using the calculated difference and sum and the minimum value from a predetermined algebraic function. Thereafter, the applied binary signal is compared with the calculated reference value to generate a binary signal indicative of the comparison result. Then, the air-fuel ratio of the engine is adjusted in response to this binary signal calculated by the digital computer.

Abstract: A path indicating apparatus for indicating a path so that a moving vehicle movable in the horizontal and vertical directions, such as an aircraft, may move along such a predetermined path. The predetermined path is defined as an intersecting line of two scanning planes which are formed by scanning signals having a narrow beam width in a horizontal plane and a vertical plane, respectively. The vehicle is provided with a plurality of detectors arranged in the horizontal and vertical directions for detecting the signals being scanned in the horizontal and vertical planes, respectively, so that the detectors arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions may detect deviation of the vehicle in the horizontal and vertical planes, respectively. The vehicle is responsive to the detected signals from the respective detectors to determine the moving direction to be taken by the vehicle so that the vehicle may move along the path and the vehicle is steered responsive to the determined direction outputs.

Abstract: To provide for uniform timing of program control cycles in which different control cycles have different cycling time, the control cycles being connected in parallel to a program control arrangement, timing elements are connected in the respective signal paths controlling the respective cycles and adding time increments to the signals coursing in the respective paths between the input and the output to at least approximate the coursing time of all signal paths to a uniform time duration; if the coursing time periods of the signals through the respective paths do not differ substantially, a fixed delay can be added to all the coursing times so that the percentage variation between the coursing time of different cycles, considering the overall time, is small.

Abstract: A vehicle speed control method for automatically maintaining the vehicle speed of an automobile at a desired speed without driver operation of the accelerator pedal includes a step of performing only the set operation for equalizing a reference speed to a detected actual vehicle speed irrespective of the actuation period of the set switch when the set switch is actuated under a condition in which the automatic vehicle speed control operation has not previously been executed. Thereafter, the desired vehicle speed can be correctly set to be higher, unchanged, or lower when the automatic vehicle speed control operation is initiated for less than a certain interval, within that interval, or longer than that interval.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a variable data base file from a single original entry control datum. The apparatus utilizes a microprocessor unit to interact with a logical number generator to modify the original entry control signal into a larger data base which may be similar to but not identical to the original datum signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electro-optical and microcomputer based method and apparatus for automatically guiding tractors and other farm machinery for the purpose of automatic crop planting, tending and harvesting. Also disclosed are means for automatic picking, excavating and other off-road uses in relatively confined areas.

Abstract: A data transfer system in which a data entry system is converted from manual operation to automatic reading in a computer system, thereby to save time in the inputting of data into the computer system. The data entry system includes a main processor having a central processing unit (CPU) and a keyboard unit including a microprocessor. Provision of the microprocessor at the keyboard enables physical separation of the keyboard unit from the CPU by means of only a single bi-directional cable. The CPU periodically sends polling data in serial data format via the bi-directional cable to the keyboard microprocessor, which then controls a keyboard matrix scanning operation in performing the commands represented by the polling data. The microprocessor then controls serial transmission of keyboard data to the CPU via the bi-directional cable. Thus the data transfer system is suitable for high performance data transfer between the CPU of the main processor and the microprocessor of the keyboard unit.

Abstract: An electronic weighing scale system capable of performing a plurality of functions. Predetermined subsets of the functions can be accessed from the system keyboard. The subset of functions which a particular keyboard can access is easily changed by replacing a non-volatile memory integrated circuit chip which may be the same one that contains postal rate information. Memory locations within the chip are segregated into two complementary arrays, one containing each possible combination of strobe and return signals, and the other containing a different word which defines one of the functions that the system can perform. When a particular key is actuated, the strobe/return signal output from the keyboard is compared with each of the strobe/return combinations stored in the first array. When a match is found, a function identification word is retrieved from the corresponding memory location in the second array to designate the specific function that the actuated key is intended to produce.

Abstract: An electronic dictionary stores words of a first language and words of a second language, in a first dictionary memory and a second dictionary memory, respectively. The stored words in the first and second dictionary memories can be displayed selectively as source language words at a display section upon operation of a search key on a keyboard. Either a word of the first language or a word of the second language is displayed as a corresponding object language word on the display section, after the source language word displayed at the display section is translated in response to a translation instruction.

Abstract: An intake system of an engine comprising a main intake passage which has a throttle valve therein. The throttle valve is controlled by a main actuator. An auxiliary intake passage is branched off from the main intake passage located upstream of the throttle valve and is connected to the main intake passage located downstream of the throttle valve. An auxiliary valve, controlled by a subactuator, is arranged in the auxiliary intake passage. The vehicle speed is controlled by the main actuator when the vehicle speed is too increased or too reduced relative to a set speed to be maintained. Contrary to this, the vehicle speed is controlled by the subactuator when the vehicle speed is maintained at a speed near the set speed.

Abstract: A card-operated system for controlling vehicle components is responsive to a magnetic card exclusively used by a particular user to control actuators associated with the vehicle components such as driver's seat position and the like. In the card is magnetically stored a set of driver's personal drive position data and security data which are read out by a magnetic card reader into a microprocessor-based controller. The controller analyzes the input data to operate the actuators according to the drive position data so that the driver is in an optimum drive position. The security data is also analyzed to identify the card if it represents the vehicle owner's card or a common user's who is authorized by the owner to use the vehicle but not authorized to have an access to a storage place where the owner's personal goods are stored.

Abstract: There is disclosed an output device for displaying alphanumeric information as well as graphic pattern, which comprises a first dot signal generator for alphanumeric displaying, a second dot signal generator for graphic-pattern displaying and an output unit for deriving the first and second signals to display the alphanumeric and graphic pattern information.

Abstract: A frequency dividing ratio setting device capable of successively changing the frequency dividing ratio of a programmable counter and further changing the changed portion of the frequency dividing ratio is provided. The device comprises a circuit for generating a pulse signal corresponding to predetermined data, an adder-subtracter having first and second input terminals and adding or subtracting data supplied to first and second input terminals thereof, said first input terminal being connected to the output terminal of the pulse signal generating circuit, and a shift register to which an output signal is supplied from the adder-subtracter and supplying an input signal to a program terminal of the programmable counter and to the second input terminal of the adder-subtracter.

Abstract: An original to be lithographically reproduced is classified according to density distribution into one of a plurality of classes established on the basis of various high quality standard printed reproductions by comparing the density distribution patterns of the original and the standard reproductions. The patterns indicate relative frequency of density values in the entire density range. After being classified, the original is reproduced utilizing a standard color separation tone curve for a scanner that corresponds to the compared and selected standard reproduction. Alternatively a reference tone curve based on a grey scale may be used with a correction according to the difference between the reference tone curve and the standard tone curve. Also the reference tone curve may be corrected with the difference between the original density distribution pattern and the selected standard density distribution pattern.An apparatus for use in the processes is also disclosed.

Abstract: A floating point computation unit for use in a data processing system in which the mantissa processing means provides an overall computation result a portion of which represents the desired mantissa result. A carry-in bit is added to the least significant bit of the overall result and is propagated through the mantissa processing means so that it can be added to the least significant bit of the desired mantissa result to provide a rounding of such desired result.

Abstract: A vehicle speed control system is disclosed which is primarily intended for heavy vehicles and which is arranged to `anticipate` an uphill section of road immediately following a downhill section, so as to prevent loss of momentum gained on the downhill section. A comparator compares an actual speed signal Vs with a driver-settable desired speed signal Vr and produces an error signal. A level changing circuit produces an output equal to Vr in normal circumstances, but which follows Vs when the vehicle accelerates downhill. This output is fed through a memory via a switch which is open when an acceleration-deceleration unit detects that the vehicle has reached the foot of the hill. This memory therefore stores a signal Vr' representing the speed at that time, and the comparator therefore increases the engine power when the vehicle speed has fallen below this augmented reference speed, instead of waiting for the speed to fall to the original reference.

Abstract: A communication adapter circuit (10) is connected to a processor through a data bus (12)and a control bus (14). Data and control signals are provided through the buses (12,14) to a timer circuit (18), a programmable peripheral interface circuit (20), an asynchronous and bisynchronous control circuit (22) and an SDLC/HDLC control circuit (24). Each of the control circuits (22, 24) includes parallel-to-serial and serial-to-parallel conversion circuitry. A clock select circuit (32) operates in conjunction with the timer circuit (18) and the programmable peripheral interface circuit (20) to establish a data transmission rate for the data flow through the adapter circuit (10). From the control circuits (22, 24) the data is transmitted through a bi-directional serial line (44) to a dual modem switch (56). From the switch (56) the data is transmitted to either an EIA interface circuit (60) to a conventional modem or through a line (64) to an internal modem.

Abstract: A microprocessor based pellet mill controller provides fully automatic, programmed operation of a pellet mill with operator selection from among several operating system parameters to control a pellet run. The controller comprises an operator's console having a plurality of switches to permit operator selected between manual or automatic control of individual equipment in the mill; a plurality of switches to permit operator selection of a pellet formulation and mill load; a plurality of digital displays to monitor the status of ingredient input rates and total, and system operating parameters and totals; and a plurality of display lights to cue the operator and indicate equipment status. A software package is disclosed for achieving fully automatic operation, the microprocessor being capable to re-programming to alter its mode of operation.

Abstract: A period measurement system adapted to sample a biosignal at a predetermined sampling period, find an autocorrelation function for a variable .tau. from the sampled biosignal, and then find an autocorrelation function corresponding to the value of a phase difference variable obtained by changing the variable .tau. along a time axis. An autocorrelation function found in this manner is stored in memory and then compared with a subsequent-found autocorrelation function. The comparison operation is repeated for successive autocorrelation functions, thereby to find a peak of autocorrelation functions to measure the period of the biosignal.