EP0095914A2 - Electronic typewriter - Google Patents
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- EP0095914A2 EP0095914A2 EP83303082A EP83303082A EP0095914A2 EP 0095914 A2 EP0095914 A2 EP 0095914A2 EP 83303082 A EP83303082 A EP 83303082A EP 83303082 A EP83303082 A EP 83303082A EP 0095914 A2 EP0095914 A2 EP 0095914A2
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J29/00—Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
- B41J3/44—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms having dual functions or combined with, or coupled to, apparatus performing other functions
- B41J3/46—Printing mechanisms combined with apparatus providing a visual indication
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- This invention relates to an electronic typewriter comprising a keyboard, a printing device, a control unit with a non-volatile memory, wherein constant sentences can be stored for being printed afterwards by the printing device at the operator's command.
- Such an electronic typewriter is known and, besides working as a normal typewriter, it can memorize texts, constant sentences and page formats, for printing them at later times with special editings, such as title centering, automatic underlining and right justification or tabulating.
- the object of the present invention is to provide an electronic typewriter which can print and/or display automatically the date and the time.
- the electronic typewriter according to the invention is characterised by a real time electronic circuit adapted to generate continuously data indicative of the time and/or the date, and in that these data are transferred into the non-volatile memory as variable components of the constant sentences.
- a typewriter 10 includes a keyboard 11, display device 12, a command console 13, a platen 14, a serial printing device 15 and a control unit 16 for controlling the functions of the typewriter.
- keyboard 11 includes a number of alphanumerical keys 17 and control keys 18 for justification, tabulations, editing functions on the text which is going to be printed, movements of the printing device 15 or of the platen 14, moving the text through the display 12, cancelling, selection of sentences prerecorded in the machine, and of searching through texts, held in memory, for example as is described in the present applicants British applications numbered GB2031626 and GB 2046966.
- the control unit 16 (figure 2) includes a central processing unit (CPU) 20, an read only memory (ROM) 21 for machine microinstructions, a random access memory (RAM) 22, made non volatile by a back up battery 30, for storing temporary data, a real time integrated circuit 23, of known type and adapted to generate data showing the hour, the minutes, and the date, an address decoder 25 and a series of microprocessors 26, 27, 28 and 29, which control the keyboard 11, the console 13, the display 12, and the printing device 15, respectively.
- the central unit 20 is connected by buses 31 and 32 with the ROM 21, the R AM 22, the real time circuit 23, the address decoder 25 and the microprocessors 26, 27, 28 and 29.
- the decoder 25 is also connected to the ROM 21, the RAM 22, the real time circuit 23 and the microprocessors 26, 27, 28 and 29.
- the back up battery 30 is permanently connected also to the real time circuit 23.
- the RAM 22 is divided into different areas, one of which is dedicated to storing the data generated by the real time circuit 23.
- the typewriter 10 can show on the display 12, at any moment, the data continuously generated by the real time circuit 23.
- this can be effected at operator's request, by pressing a predetermined code key 40 (figure 1) of the keyboard 11, together with the key of character 0, which causes the substitutition of any existing contents of the display 12 with the hour, minutes and date, as is known in Figure 1, with automatic restoring of the previous display conditions after a predetermined number of seconds.
- the month can be specified by the corresponding ordinal number and the format of the display (sequence of parameters day, month, year) can be chosen by the operator in a way which will be explained below.
- the format selection and setting the time and/or date can be carried out by the operator in the following way:
- the date can be displayed in the form day, month, year, as shown in the examples in the figure 1, or in the form month, day, year. Also in this case it is possible to change from one form to another, by pressing simultaneously the code key 40 and the key of the character D. After the key 40 together with the key of the character 0 have been pressed it is possible to press, or not, the key 40 together with the key of the character H and/or with the key of the character D separately, or in the desired sequence.
- pressing of the space bar 45 of the keyboard 11, which is normally used for spacing causes the indication of the hours to flash, that is of the number 14 in the example in figure 1. Now it is possible to enter from the keyboard 11 the new hour or to pass directly to the minute indication, by pressing again the space bar 45, if the hour shown on the display 12 is already correct.
- This new pressing of space bar 45 causes the minute indication to flash, i.e. number 21 in the example in Figure 1.
- This indication can be replaced by entering a new number of two digits from keyboard 11, and confirmed by pressing again the space bar 45.
- This new pressing of the space bar 45 causes the first element of the date to flash, that is in the example in Figure 1 the 25th.
- the change or the confirmation of the day and the passing on the following data to change or to confirm them will occur in the way we have already described for the changes or the confirmation of hour and minutes.
- the date can be inserted as a variable element in constant sentences and can be printed automatically together with them by the printing device 15, at the operator's request.
- the names of the months are stored.
- press the code key 40 together with the key of the character M, after having operated the switch 41 in the console 13 to put the machine in the memory mode.
- the date heading can be set up in the following way.
- the typewriter 10 is able to show automatically on the display 12 the indication of hour, minutes and date, after a certain predetermined time, from the pressing of any key 17 of the keyboard 11, without having any influence on the procedure which the operator is carring out.
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Abstract
The typewriter has a keyboard (11), a printing device (15) and a control unit (16) which includes a real time integrated circuit (23) adapted to provide the functions of clock and calendar. The date can be inserted as a variable component in constant sentences, which are stored in a non-volatile memory (22) for being printed afterwards at the operator's command. The typewriter includes a display (12) where, at the operator's requent and/or automatically, the time and the date generated by the real time circuit (23) are displayed.
Description
- This invention relates to an electronic typewriter comprising a keyboard, a printing device, a control unit with a non-volatile memory, wherein constant sentences can be stored for being printed afterwards by the printing device at the operator's command.
- Such an electronic typewriter is known and, besides working as a normal typewriter, it can memorize texts, constant sentences and page formats, for printing them at later times with special editings, such as title centering, automatic underlining and right justification or tabulating.
- The object of the present invention is to provide an electronic typewriter which can print and/or display automatically the date and the time.
- The electronic typewriter according to the invention is characterised by a real time electronic circuit adapted to generate continuously data indicative of the time and/or the date, and in that these data are transferred into the non-volatile memory as variable components of the constant sentences.
- The invention will be described in more detail, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Figure 1 is a top view of an electronic typewriter embodying the invention.
- Figure 2 is a block scheme of the control unit of the machine in Figure 1.
- Referring to figure 1, a
typewriter 10 includes akeyboard 11,display device 12, acommand console 13, aplaten 14, aserial printing device 15 and acontrol unit 16 for controlling the functions of the typewriter. - Moreover the
keyboard 11 includes a number ofalphanumerical keys 17 andcontrol keys 18 for justification, tabulations, editing functions on the text which is going to be printed, movements of theprinting device 15 or of theplaten 14, moving the text through thedisplay 12, cancelling, selection of sentences prerecorded in the machine, and of searching through texts, held in memory, for example as is described in the present applicants British applications numbered GB2031626 and GB 2046966. - The control unit 16 (figure 2) includes a central processing unit (CPU) 20, an read only memory (ROM) 21 for machine microinstructions, a random access memory (RAM) 22, made non volatile by a back up
battery 30, for storing temporary data, a real time integratedcircuit 23, of known type and adapted to generate data showing the hour, the minutes, and the date, anaddress decoder 25 and a series ofmicroprocessors keyboard 11, theconsole 13, thedisplay 12, and theprinting device 15, respectively. Thecentral unit 20 is connected bybuses ROM 21, theR AM 22, thereal time circuit 23, theaddress decoder 25 and themicroprocessors decoder 25 is also connected to theROM 21, theRAM 22, thereal time circuit 23 and themicroprocessors battery 30 is permanently connected also to thereal time circuit 23. - The
RAM 22 is divided into different areas, one of which is dedicated to storing the data generated by thereal time circuit 23. - According to a distinctive feature of the invention, the
typewriter 10 can show on thedisplay 12, at any moment, the data continuously generated by thereal time circuit 23. In particular this can be effected at operator's request, by pressing a predetermined code key 40 (figure 1) of thekeyboard 11, together with the key of character 0, which causes the substitutition of any existing contents of thedisplay 12 with the hour, minutes and date, as is known in Figure 1, with automatic restoring of the previous display conditions after a predetermined number of seconds. - As far as the date is concerned, the month can be specified by the corresponding ordinal number and the format of the display (sequence of parameters day, month, year) can be chosen by the operator in a way which will be explained below.
- The format selection and setting the time and/or date can be carried out by the operator in the following way:
- The machine is put into a memory mode by operating a
predetermined switch 41 of theconsole 13. Then thecode key 40 is pressed together with the key of character 0, to show on thedisplay 12, in the way already noted, the hour, minutes and date, which are provided at that moment by thecircuit 23. The hour can be displayed in the 24 hours or AM - PM form. For changing from one form to another, it suffices to press thecode key 40 together with the key of the character H of thekeyboard 11, after having pressed thekey 40 together with the key of the character 0. - Moreover the date can be displayed in the form day, month, year, as shown in the examples in the figure 1, or in the form month, day, year. Also in this case it is possible to change from one form to another, by pressing simultaneously the
code key 40 and the key of the character D. After thekey 40 together with the key of the character 0 have been pressed it is possible to press, or not, thekey 40 together with the key of the character H and/or with the key of the character D separately, or in the desired sequence. - In the memory mode, pressing of the
space bar 45 of thekeyboard 11, which is normally used for spacing, causes the indication of the hours to flash, that is of thenumber 14 in the example in figure 1. Now it is possible to enter from thekeyboard 11 the new hour or to pass directly to the minute indication, by pressing again thespace bar 45, if the hour shown on thedisplay 12 is already correct. - This new pressing of
space bar 45 causes the minute indication to flash, i.e.number 21 in the example in Figure 1. This indication can be replaced by entering a new number of two digits fromkeyboard 11, and confirmed by pressing again thespace bar 45. - This new pressing of the
space bar 45 causes the first element of the date to flash, that is in the example in Figure 1 the 25th. The change or the confirmation of the day and the passing on the following data to change or to confirm them will occur in the way we have already described for the changes or the confirmation of hour and minutes. - According to another feature of the invention the date can be inserted as a variable element in constant sentences and can be printed automatically together with them by the
printing device 15, at the operator's request. - In order to enter in the non
volatile memory 22 the parameters relevant to the date and the printing format therefor, the operator proceeds as follows. - First of all, the names of the months are stored. In order to do this, press the
code key 40, together with the key of the character M, after having operated theswitch 41 in theconsole 13 to put the machine in the memory mode. Afterwards enter the names of the months on thekeyboard 11, in sequence from January to December, in the desired language, and with the desired possible abbreviations. Press againkey 40, together with the character key M, to stop"the storage of the names of months in the nonvolatile memory 22. - This operation is required once only unless the operator wants to change the language and/or form in which the months are stored. In this case is sufficient to operate in the same way as provided for the similar storage'operations of constant sentences, as described in detail in the above-mentioned British Patent Application number GB 2031626 and which will not be here repeated for the sake of brevity.
- The date heading can be set up in the following way.
- While the typewriter is in the memory mode, press the
code key 40, together with the key of number O. Enter then the name of the place, if necessary, in the desired position in the printing line, and the following codes:key 40 and key of the character X for the day;key 40 and the key of the character M for the month in words;key 40 and the key of the character N for the month in numbers; andkey 40, together with the key of the character Y for the year. - The entering of parameters which are considered necessary can take place in whatever sequence the operator desires. Moreover he chooses, entering them directly from the
keyboard 11, any dividers between one parameter and another, for example a space, a dash, a comma or a slash. Once the heading has been set up in this way, the date parameters are automatically updated by thereal time circuit 23. - The recall and/or the printing of the date take place in a way similar to that of the constant sentences stored in the
non-volatile memory 22, as described in the above mentioned British Patent application number GB 2031626. - According to a third feature of this invention, the
typewriter 10 is able to show automatically on thedisplay 12 the indication of hour, minutes and date, after a certain predetermined time, from the pressing of anykey 17 of thekeyboard 11, without having any influence on the procedure which the operator is carring out.
Claims (5)
1. An electronic typewriter comprising a keyboard (11), a printing device (15), a control unit (16) with a non-volatile memory (22) wherein constant sentences can be stored for being printed afterwards by the printing device at the operator's command, characterised by a real time electronic circuit (23) adapted to generate continuously data indicative of the time and/or the date, and in that these data are transferred into the non-volatile memory (22) as variable components of the constant sentences.
2. A typewriter according to claim 1, characterised in that the display (12) is adapted to display in a selective way the data generated by the real time electronic circuit (23).
3. A typewriter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a back-up battery (30) is permanently connected to the non-volatile memory (22), characterised in that the back-up battery (30) is permanently connected also to the real time electronic circuit (23) .
4. A typewriter according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterised in that the keyboard (11) includes a code key (40) which, when pressed together with predetermined alphanumerical keys (17) of the keyboard, modifies the sequence in which the date parameters are printed by the printing device (15).
5. A typewriter according to any of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the parameter which shows the month of the date, can be entered in the memory (22) to enable that parameter to be printed in a selective way in characters or as the ordinal number of the month.
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IT8267681A IT1156025B (en) | 1982-05-27 | 1982-05-27 | ELECTRONIC WRITING MACHINE |
IT6768182 | 1982-05-27 |
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US5092686A (en) * | 1984-02-14 | 1992-03-03 | Takahiro Tsukamoto | Electronic equipment with display and changeable print font |
KR100870222B1 (en) * | 2000-12-19 | 2008-11-24 | 산또리 가부시키가이샤 | Method of concentrating gene |
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GB2031626A (en) * | 1978-07-18 | 1980-04-23 | Olivetti & Co Spa | Electronic typewriter |
DE2926669A1 (en) * | 1979-07-02 | 1981-01-15 | Olympia Werke Ag | TEXT PROCESSING MACHINE WITH A DISPLAY DEVICE |
DE3046349A1 (en) * | 1980-12-09 | 1982-07-08 | Dieter 5000 Köln Kaselitz | Electronic typewriter - has built-in memory and clock for automatic printing of date and stored section of text |
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GB2031626A (en) * | 1978-07-18 | 1980-04-23 | Olivetti & Co Spa | Electronic typewriter |
DE2926669A1 (en) * | 1979-07-02 | 1981-01-15 | Olympia Werke Ag | TEXT PROCESSING MACHINE WITH A DISPLAY DEVICE |
DE3046349A1 (en) * | 1980-12-09 | 1982-07-08 | Dieter 5000 Köln Kaselitz | Electronic typewriter - has built-in memory and clock for automatic printing of date and stored section of text |
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US5092686A (en) * | 1984-02-14 | 1992-03-03 | Takahiro Tsukamoto | Electronic equipment with display and changeable print font |
KR100870222B1 (en) * | 2000-12-19 | 2008-11-24 | 산또리 가부시키가이샤 | Method of concentrating gene |
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