Abstract: A vehicle state detection unit detects whether a vehicle including an information apparatus is in motion or stopped. A display control unit displays operation items related to various functions provided by the information apparatus on a display. A function execution unit executes a function corresponding to a selected operation item. An identification unit identifies the frequency of use of each operation item by classifying the items according to whether the vehicle is in motion or stopped. The display control unit further displays on a prescribed menu screen in which some of the operation items are aggregated. On the prescribed menu screen, when the vehicle is in motion, the operation item identified as having a high frequency of use when the vehicle is in motion is displayed, and when the vehicle is stopped, the operation item identified as having a high frequency of use when the vehicle is stopped is displayed.

Abstract: A door open position fixing device including a presser member adapted to abut against a vehicle door openable up to a predetermined angle defined for every vehicle of different kinds, and a driving mechanism for swingably driving the presser member to make the same press the door in an opening direction thereof and maintain an open condition of the door. The door open position fixing device is provided with a detecting device for detecting a swing degree of the presser member and a control device for controlling the driving mechanism so that the swing degree of the presser member detected by the detecting device becomes equal to a predetermined value preliminarily set for the door of the every vehicle of different kinds.

Abstract: In a message communication system and process, a character string with a plurality of characters is encoded into a compact code, which is transmitted to a reception side. At the reception side, the compact code is decoded to an original character string. Thus, the amount of information to be transmitted is fairly reduced as compared with the transmission in which each character is encoded. Preferably, a combination of a word and a `space` code following the word is encoded to a single compact code. The compact code may also encode a combination of a plurality of words. Some particular control codes are defined for converting a small character to a capital character, or vice versa, and designating special code like period ".", quotation mark "?", etc.

Abstract: A control system for a line scanning type output unit which is made capable of generating both facsimile and text by setting the scanning density in the sub scanning direction at a higher value, but within the allowable error range, to match both the scanning density of the facsimile and the pitch of the text, by providing two types of clocks for composing image signals, i.e. a fax clock which matches with the resolution in the main direction of the facsimile and a text clock which matches with the pitch of the main scanning direction of the text, so that the fax clock may be employed to compose an image signal which is fed to the output unit for facsimile output and the text clock may be employed to compose image signal which is fed to the output unit for text output.

Abstract: According to the present editing printer, a printing head can print either on the first insertion line or on the second ordinary line by the operation of a keyboard, and the characters from the keyboard are also stored in a memory. An insertion end sign " " is printed at the end of the insertion characters on the first line. A group of characters from the first character to the character before the insertion end sign on the first line are inserted automatically in the second ordinary line by the aid of the memory, which provides clean output with no error after editing.

Abstract: A marking device is described which includes a guide post having a guide surface and inclined to the vertical plane, a horizontal arm carried by the guide post and movable up and down along said guide surface, a detector for detecting the material on which the marking is to be effected and carried by the horizontal arm, movable back and forth in the direction perpendicular to the material, a crosshead movable along the length of the horizontal arm, a marking head carried by the crosshead movable in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the crosshead, is moved and a marking member carried by the marking head, movable in the direction perpendicular to the directions in which the crosshead and the marking head are moved, respectively.