Abstract: In a liquid crystal display combined with a signal input tablet of the type which includes a light source, a liquid crystal display disposed on the light source and a transparent tablet for detecting a planar write position by a hand-writing pen which tablet is disposed on the liquid crystal display, the present invention is characterized in that a two-dimensional lens array is disposed as one-to-one erect imaging optical system between the liquid crystal display and the transparent tablet so that the display image of the liquid crystal display is projected as the same size erect image on the surface of the transparent tablet having a light diffusion operation.

Abstract: A plurality of handwritten character input buffers are provided to form a circular buffer by connecting both end character input buffers. The circular buffer is provided with a cursor pointer for indicating the position of the buffer where a recognized character is loaded. Every time a character is recognized, its character code is loaded at the buffer indicated by the content of the cursor pointer and thereafter, the content of the cursor pointer is incremented by 1. At least an input buffer after the buffer indicated by the content of the cursor pointer, where a handwritten character is next written, is cleared. Then, the content of the character input buffer is displayed on a display.

Abstract: A system using an input integrated flat panel display of an integrated structure, having an input device for inputting through handwriting characters, graphics, or points and a flat panel display laid upon the input device for displaying in accordance with an input point data input through handwriting. The frame memory of a large screen having a display screen larger than that of the flat panel display is arranged to be read out through the input device of the input integrated flat panel display. In addition, the readout contents of the large screen frame memory is arranged to be copied onto the flat display of the input integrated flat panel display. The input integrated flat panel display system can improve the man-machine performance while the amateur end user performs document processings, graphic processings and the like.

Abstract: A handwritten pattern approximated to a series of polygonal lines consisting of segments is compared with a candidate pattern selected from dictionary patterns stored in the memory, basing on the angular variation between adjacent segments of both patterns. If the difference between angular variations of adjoining segments of both patterns is outside of a certain range, it is tested whether the difference between an angular variation across three or more consecutive segments and the above reference angular variation is within the range.

Abstract: A hand-written character/graphic is recognized in a character recognition mode or a graphic recognition mode designated in accordance with stroke information supplied from a tablet input device which samples the hand-written character/graphic and converts it to the stroke information. The recognition mode is automatically designated by comparing a longer one of projection lengths on x-axis and y-axis of stroke coordinates with a predetermined threshold for a hand-written character input.

Abstract: Coordinates of a handwritten pattern drawn on a tablet are sequentially sampled by a pattern recognition unit to prepare pattern coordinate data. Based on an area encircled by segments created by the sampled pattern coordinate data of one stroke and a line connecting a start point and an end point of the one-stroke coordinate data, the sampled pattern coordinate data of the one stroke is converted to a straight line and/or curved line segments. The converted segments are quantized and normalized. The segments of the normalized input pattern are rearranged so that the input pattern is drawn in a predetermined sequence. Differences between direction angles for the rearranged segments are calculated. Those differences are compared with differences of the direction angles of the dictionary patterns read from a memory to calculate a difference therebetween. The matching of the input pattern and the dictionary pattern is determined in accordance with the difference.

Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing and displaying handwritten characters and figures in which input stroke information on a handwritten input character or figure is read out by an electromagnetic tablet, recognition means performs character/figure recognition on the basis of the feature of the input stroke information, display means displays the input stroke information and the result of recognition, and when the result of recognition is displayed on a display screen of the display means, stroke information having been used for recognition is erased from the display screen, and stroke information which is not yet used for recognition, is left on the display screen.

Abstract: An elevator group control system in which, in response to origination of a new hall call, a floor-stop call evaluation factor indicative of the degree of saving of power consumption is computed besides a serviceability evaluation factor indicative of the passenger serviceability, for example, the waiting time. One of these evaluation factors is weighted relative to the other to compute an allocation evaluation factor indicative of the suitability of allocation of the new hall call to one of the elevator cars, and the new hall call is allotted to the elevator car which is decided to be most suitable for the service in respect of the value of the allocation evaluation factor.

Abstract: In an elevator system in which an elevator car serves a plurality of floors in response to hall calls and cage calls, the number of, for example, up hall calls originated from, for example, the 2nd floor is counted, and the number of cage calls, classified by destination floors, registered in the elevator car after the elevator car has served each of the up hall calls is also counted. The count of the hall calls and the count of the cage calls classified by destination floors are compared with each other, and, on the basis of the result of comparison, the probabilities of origination of cage calls, classified by destination floors, which will be registered in the elevator car after the elevator car has subsequently served a new up hall call which would be originated from the 2nd floor, are calculated for forecasting future cage calls.

Abstract: In an elevator control system, in which the elevator car is controlled on the basis of elevator car positions obtained through the counting of distance pulses provided in proportion to the distance travelled by the car and floor height data indicative of the heights of individual floors, the distance pulses are counted by moving the car at a low speed from the lowest floor to the highest floor, and the count at the time of the actuation of a floor position detector, which is actuated when the car passes by each floor, is stored as the floor height value of that floor in a RAM (Random Access Memory). With this arrangement, the measurement of the floor heights is facilitated, and also the preparation of a ROM (Read-Only Memory) for storing the floor height data for each elevator car is made needless to promote the standardization.

Abstract: A control logic for an elevator servicing a plurality of floors of a building comprises two microcomputers. The two microcomputers are provided with abnormal state detectors of their own. When the abnormal state detector of one microcomputer is actuated, the elevator is operated for recovery to the nearest floor by the other microcomputer on the condition that the abnormal state detector of the other microcomputer is not actuated, and thereafter retrial for the abnormal microcomputer is effected by an instruction from the other microcomputer. When the abnormal microcomputer recovers to normal state by the retrial, the elevator keeps operating, thereby preventing such a problem that the elevator cannot continue service by erroneous operation due to noise.

Abstract: An elevator control apparatus in which a three-phase AC output from a three-phase AC generator rotating with running movement of an elevator car is converted into a train of pulses, and the number of such pulses is counted by a counter which provides a count indicative of the position of the elevator car. When the elevator car is actuated to start from its standstill condition, the running direction of the elevator car is detected on the basis of the direction of phase rotation of the three-phase AC output from the generator, and a predetermined correction data is added to or subtracted from the count depending on the detected running direction of the elevator car so as to correct the count error appearing in the starting stage of the elevator car.

Abstract: An elevator test operation apparatus for a multi-floor service elevator comprises a digital computer for processing an elevator control signal. The digital computer is provided with means for storing an elevator operation control program, and interface means for transferring a signal from an elevator control system to the digital computer or transferring a signal from the digital computer to the elevator control system, thereby to process the signal from the elevator control system in accordance with said elevator operation control program.

Abstract: The operation control section of an elevator system is constituted of two computers one of which shares the processing function with the other. One of the computers has a means for detecting an abnormality occurring in the other computer and stores therein a program for bringing the elevator cage to the nearest floor when the cage is stopped in an intermediate position between floors. If one of the computers falls in a fault, the cage is immediately stopped for assuring the safety of passengers. If the cage is stopped in the position between floors, the other computer causes the cage to be moved to the nearest floor for the rescue of the passengers.

Abstract: An elevator control system for controlling a plurality of elevator cars arranged for parallel operation for servicing a plurality of floors of a building, in which means are provided so that, in response to origination of a new hall call in addition to hall calls originated and allotted already, a suitable elevator car for servicing this new hall call can be selected and the new hall can be allotted to the selected elevator car to be serviced by this elevator car. In the system, this new hall call is allotted preferentially to one of the elevator cars having an already instructed stopping floor within a predetermined floor range covering a plurality of backward and/or forward floors contiguous to the new hall call originating floor.

Abstract: An elevator car group control system for controlling a plurality of elevator cars arranged for parallel operation for serving a plurality of service floor landings of a building, comprising means for selecting suitable ones of the cars for serving hall calls, and means for forecasting the length of time required for each of the selected cars to arrive at each of the allotted hall call originating floors and displaying the forecast waiting time on display means disposed at the landing of each of the floors. In the invention, the serving car selecting means comprises means for detecting for each car the number of floors subject to change in forecast waiting time displayed at each of the already allotted floors when a new hall is originated from one of the floors, and means for preferentially selecting the car detected to provide a smaller number of floors subject to such change than the others.