Abstract: A character processing apparatus provides improved layout and formatting. In a preferred embodiment, the character processing apparatus includes a character data memory for storing a plurality of groups of character data, a first format data memory for storing a plurality of format data each having a correspondence with a different one of the groups of character data and a second format data memory for storing a plurality of format data having no correspondence with character data. The apparatus designates either one of (a) the groups of character data stored in the character data memory and (b) the plurality of format data stored in the first format data memory, and further designates one of the plurality of format data stored in the second format data memory.

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a memory for storing information supplied from a processing apparatus, a detector for detecting a storage portion of the information, a display controller for performing display on a display device on the basis of the information stored in the portion detected by the detector, and a limiting unit for limiting the portion detected by the detector.

Abstract: A high quality display image is displayed on a screen by providing an; image area information generator means (203) for generating image area information for designating an area for displaying binarization image data to be obtained by image processing of image data in the multi-level frame buffer on the screen and the area for displaying binarization image data to be obtained by approximate color conversion, based on a computer software, and a processor for processing the image data based on the image area information.

Abstract: A display controller includes a memory for storing data to be displayed on a display, a unit for supplying data to the memory, a first flag group for indicating a line on the display screen of the display corresponding to data supplied by the data supplying unit, a second flag group for indicating a plurality of the first flag groups, a detector for detecting the status of the display, a selector for selecting the first or second flag in accordance with the status of the display detected by the detector, and a display control unit for reading data designated by the first or second flag selected by the selector from the memory, and displaying the data on the display.

Abstract: A display control device for a display unit, using a ferroelectric liquid crystal or the like, capable of partially changing a display state of picture elements is provided with an entire updating means for updating a display of the entire picture surface of the display unit. A partial updating means is provided for updating only a portion wherein display contents have changed during entirely updating processing. A restriction means restricts the start of the partially updating means in accordance with a frequency of a command to update the portion.

Abstract: A display control device for a display unit, using a ferroelectric liquid crystal or the like, capable of partially changing a display state of picture elements is provided with an entire updating means for updating a display of the entire picture surface of the display unit. A partial updating means is provided for updating only a portion in which display contents have changed during entire updating processing. A restriction means restricts the start of operation of the partial updating means in accordance with whether the number of lines to be updated exceeds a predetermined number, where the predetermined number is less than the total number of line in the display unit.

Abstract: There is an image processing system which inputs and edits image data including document data and prints and displays a document with figures with a beautiful style. This system comprises: an output device which can output the image data including document data; a parameter adding device to add output parameters to edit the image data outputted by the output device; and an edition control unit which can edit, as a headline, at least a part of the image data outputted by the output device on the basis of the parameters added by the parameter adding device. These parameters include data such as position, size, character style, and the like of the headline. With this system, arbitrary information such as headline, catchword, line number, page number, caption, or the like can be extremely easily arranged at any position of the image data displayed on the CRT and the document with such information can be printed as a beautiful style. Also, the document and figure data can be freely edited.

Abstract: An image processing system which inputs and edits image data including document data and prints and displays a document with figures with a pleasing style. This system comprises: an output device which can output the image data including document data; a parameter adding device to add output parameters to edit the image data outputted by the output device; and an edition control unit which can edit, as a headline, at least a part of the image data outputted by the output device on the basis of the parameters added by the parameter adding device. These parameters include data such as position, size, character style, and the like of the headline. With this system, arbitrary information such as headline, catchword, line number, page number, caption, or the like can be extremely easily arranged at any position of the image data displayed on the CRT and the document with such information can be printed in a pleasing style. Also, document and figure data can be freely edited.

Abstract: There is disclosed an information retrieving apparatus with an external memory such as a magnetic disk capable of rearranging information stored in memory. The apparatus is provided with a first memory for storing at least accessing data. A comparator comparts the data from the external memory with the accessing data. A second memory stores the retrieved pertinent i.e., data resulting from a comparison of the accessing data with data retrieved from the external memory. The retrieved pertinent data is supplied as retrieving data to the first memory in synchronization with the data transfer rate of the external memory to enable extraction of plural records from the external memory.

Abstract: An image processing system having an original reader for reading an original image, low- and high-speed printers, a work station having a microcomputer and internal and external memories, an image file, a microfilm reader, and a CRT. When a selected printer has a pixel density different from that of the input information, the pixel density of the input image information is converted and the image information is then produced from the selected printer.

Abstract: An image information processing system is provided with an image reading unit, a memory unit, a signal compression unit and a transmission unit mutually connected through a bus line, for image formation inside the system or information transfer to or from an external system.

Abstract: An image information processing system has a reader for reading an original image and generating image data, a recorder for recording an image in accordance with image data; a receiving unit for receiving image data from an external apparatus, and a storage unit for storing image data. In the system, during recording of the image by the recorder based on the image data generated by the reader, the image data received by the receiving unit is transferred via a bus line to be stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: An image information processing system has reader for photoelectrically reading an image of an original and producing an image data. The image data produced by said reader is selectively encoded in accordance with the area designation.

Abstract: An information retrieving apparatus comprises a memory having a plurality of records stored therein which are formed with weights attached to items of information, a reader for reading the stored information out from the memory, input means for entering an interrogation to be checked with the information in the memory, comparing means for detecting coincidence between the information read out by the reader and the signal, discrimination means for determining, in accordance with the coincidence detected by the comparing means, the weight of the information read out by the reader which is coincident with the interrogation, and selector means for selecting, in accordance with the weight decided by the discrimination means, a certain item of information from the record to which the information coincident with the interrogation appertains.