Abstract: A display device capable of allowing a page to be turned to give a feeling as if a page is actually turned includes a memory for storing information, a display for displaying information, a page turn instruction unit for detecting that the unit itself is tilted to output a detection signal indicating the direction of the tilt, and a display control unit for receiving an instruction from the page turn instruction unit to read information of the next or previous page from the memory according to the direction of the tilt and display the read information on the display.

Abstract: A display device capable of allowing a page to be turned to give a feeling as if a page is actually turned includes a memory for storing information, a display for displaying information, a page turn instruction unit for detecting that the unit itself is tilted to output a detection signal indicating the direction of the tilt, and a display control unit for receiving an instruction from the page turn instruction unit to read information of the next or previous page from the memory according to the direction of the tilt and display the read information on the display.

Abstract: A display device capable of allowing a page to be turned to give a feeling as if a page is actually turned includes a memory for storing information, a display for displaying information, a page turn instruction unit for detecting that the unit itself is tilted to output a detection signal indicating the direction of the tilt, and a display control unit for receiving an instruction from the page turn instruction unit to read information of the next or previous page from the memory according to the direction of the tilt and display the read information on the display.

Abstract: Conventional data displays and electronic book devices involve the problem that the operation to highlight displayed data is complex, and therefore the displayed data cannot be read easily depending on the environment where the reader (user) uses the device and on the understanding of the displayed data by the user. A data displaying device of the invention comprising storage means (1) stored with data, displaying means (2) for displaying data, and display control means (3) for controlling the display of data stored in the storage means (1) on the displaying means (2) is characterized by further comprising a highlight displaying means (4) for displaying a visual confirmation guide for highlighting a specific range of the data displayed on the displaying means (2).

Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided for editing input information. Input information is received from an input means (1) from which a keyword is selected for editing purposes. A low level record is located in a memory (5) which has the keyword of the input information stored therein. The low level record having the keyword stored therein is accessed to determine the location in the memory of higher level records and information types of the higher level records. The higher level records having stored therein explanatory information for the keyword in accordance with the information types of the higher level records. The higher level records are of a plurality of information types for presenting different types of explanatory information regarding the keyword, such as a definition of the keyword, a synonym for the keyword, an example usage of the keyword, etc.

Abstract: A system for creating an index of textual data stores textual data in memory, and a text analyzing module analyzes the textual data and divides it into a plurality of meaningful strings of characters, punctuation marks, symbols, control codes, etc. A dictionary stores sets of specialized words particular to a field of knowledge related to the textual data in a particular language. An entry selecting module selects as index entries only those strings which match one of those specialized words and notes the location(s) of each occurrence each index entry in the text. A printer outputs the selected index entries together with their occurrence positions. Each entry of the dictionary in the specialized field includes information concerning inflections and variants of that entry. The index is quickly and accurately generated by selecting index entries using a specialized dictionary relevant to a particular, specialized field.

Abstract: A text processing system for example a word processor includes a storage unit with two storage devices. The first storage device can store at least two character strings in an arbitrary order. The second storage device can store at least one index. Each stored index designates a predetermined one of the character strings. The indexes stored are in a predetermined order.

Abstract: An element checking system for use in forward inference system is disclosed. When checking elements, each element is read out as a token and transmitted through a checking network. The element checking system includes memory for storing an element checking network. The network has a plurality of inputs for receiving the tokens one at a time, and a plurality of nodes for checking features of the received token. The system also includes working memory for storing elements, each element carrying data identifying a particular node from which the checking procedure in the networks starts. An additional memory is included which stores a pattern table including a plurality of different patterns with a pattern number assigned to each pattern, and a linking table including a pattern number and a corresponding node number for designating a starting node number for an element having a corresponding one of the plurality of patterns.

Abstract: A computer, in particular a word processor, is structured to enter and store Japanese symbols and character strings. The word processor includes an operator defined dictionary. To enter the new words in particular Japanese words into the operator defined dictionary, reference familiar to the operator are displayed. The reference words which are similar in linguistic form to the new words, have parts of speech which are prestored in a dictionary of the word processor. The operator obtains the parts of speech of the reference words which are comparable to the new words. Thereafter, the new words with identified parts of speech in proper form are entered into the operator defined dictionary.

Abstract: A conversation type inquiry-and-answering system that can be used, for example, in a diagnosing system. The inquiry-and-answering system can process data in a conversational manner between an operator and the system on the basis of a knowledge data base. The knowledge data base includes a first memory for storing information, such as facts and rules, and a second memory for storing the contents of inquiry and their responses. Also, there is an editing system for the data base.

Abstract: An expert system having a forward inference control method in which an inference process (hereinafter referred to as trace) is displayed in consideration of the condition of a negation when the trace is displayed to verify a rule inputted to the expert system, whereby, a user can confirm that a rule is unexecutable because of the condition of the negation being not satisfied.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an inputting system for an inquiry-and-answer which removes the necessiates for strict analysis of the meaning of a response to an inquiry in order to extract necessary facts for inferences. By considering the response by an operator along with its corresponding inquiry from the system, the inputting system is enabled to editing the knowledge data base in a much easier fashion than the prior art. The inputting and editing system analyzes the answer to an interrogative and matches the pronouns and other elements of the answer with their corresponding elements from the interrogative so that the operator does not have to answer the interrogative with the exact language of the interrogative for the system to understand and utilize the answer properly.