Abstract: An information managing device includes a liquid crystal display section and thumbnail display means. The liquid crystal display section displays a cluster of file bundles that are thumbnail files each corresponding to one of the image files, so as to enable searches through image files displayed as original document bundles. The thumbnail display means displays the images in the cluster of file bundles on the liquid crystal display section so as to partially overlap each other in a three-dimensional configuration. With the aforementioned device, a stored image file can be easily searched for on the display screen.

Abstract: A compact ink jet printer having a small amplitude width in the horizontal direction of an ink carriage includes: a shaft provided rotatably about a predetermined axis; a strut fixed to the shaft so as to move along an arc about the axis with rotation of the shaft; an ink carriage having a plurality of ink heads provided at a predetermined direction from the shaft of the strut; and a control device controlling forwarding of a recording sheet, rotational motion of the shaft, and ink jetting from the plurality of ink heads.

Abstract: In an automatic electronic sewing machine including a read only memory (ROM) and a random access memory (RAM), the read only memory (ROM) stores pattern data for performing buttonhole stitch operation in the forward direction and pattern data for performing buttonhole stitch operation in the backward direction. A first control switch functions to conduct the buttonhole stitch operation in the forward direction by a desired length selected by the operator. A storage means is provided for storing the length information of the buttonhole stitch formation in the forward direction, or the repetition number of a unit pattern in the forward direction. A second control switch functions to conduct the buttonhole stitch operation in the backward direction by the length stored in the storage means.

Abstract: A read only memory (ROM) is provided for storing digital information related to stitch patterns and control instructions for stitch formation purposes. A keyboard means is provided for selecting a desired stitch pattern and control instruction stored in the ROM. Selected digital information is introduced into a random access memory (RAM) and temporarily stored therein. The RAM develops control signals for controlling the needle position and the work feed in accordance with the control instruction selected through the keyboard means.

Abstract: In an automatic electronic sewing machine including a read only memory (ROM) and a random access memory (RAM), a needle is controlled to swing in order to shift the penetration position. In a button mode, the needle is controlled to swing to a predetermined position corresponding to one of a pair of throughholes formed in a button, and the other swing position corresponding to the other of the pair of throughholes formed in the button is variably controlled in response to the size of the button.