US006088713A [ii] Patent Number: [45] Date of Patent:
[54] DATA PROCESSOR FOR RETRIEVING
SENTENCE DATA CORRESPONDING TO AN
INPUT CHARACTER STRING AND ONE OR
MORE SELECTED TEXT HANDLING
OPTIONS
[75] Inventors: Katsunori Okuda, Nara-ken; Isamu
Haneda, Kyoto-fu; Yoshihiro
Shintaku; Kenichi Inui, both of
Nara-ken; Masayuki Konishi,
Kyoto-fu; Naoki Shiraishi; Chieji
Katoh, both of Nara-ken, all of Japan
[73] Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, Japan
[21] Appl. No.: 08/047,511
[22] Filed: Apr. 19, 1993
[30] Foreign Application Priority Data
Apr. 20, 1992 [JP] Japan 4-099951
[51] Int. C I. G06F 15 00
[52] U.S. CI 707/534; 707/4
[58] Field of Search 395/146, 144;
364/400, 419.19
[56] References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
4,972,349 11/1990 Kleinberger 395/144
If an unnecessary sentence is included in data tabulated at a display, a head address is prepared in a memory region for storing a new data group. A counter m indicating a function and a counter n indicating a data number corresponding to the function are initialized. A determination whether or not the data (Y(m)) is necessary is made for every function (X(m, n)), and the only necessary data is stored in the memory. This operation is performed to check four functions and 100 pieces of data for each of the four functions. When the operation is completed, the resultant data is stored as a set of data in the memory.
15 Claims, 8 Drawing Sheets
RETRIEVAL TABULATED DISPLAY FUNCTION
CHARACTER STRING FOR RETRIEVAL
[TANAKA_ J
INPUT CHARACTER STRING FOR
RETRIEVAL
