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US 4,125,868 AGranted
Typesetting terminal apparatus having searching and merging features
AssigneeAutomix Keyboards, Inc.
InventorsJohn F. Hruby, Rex McCleary, Jerome M. O'Hogan, Nathan H. Searle
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Abstract
A typesetting terminal adapted for operating a photo typesetter includes a data processor with a plurality of peripheral devices coupled thereto, such as a keyboard, cathode ray tube display, cursor control and a plurality of tape transports. Information from the keyboard and selected tape transports is read into the data processor memory for access and display by the cathode ray tube and outputting to a further tape device. Desired information can be searched in the various input tapes for display, editing and combination with information derived from another input.
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A typesetting terminal system comprising:
- first, second and third tape means receiving and adapted to impart motion to first, second and third recording tapes respectively, said tapes being capable of bearing digitally recorded information,
- a data processor coupled to said first, second and third tape means, said data processor including memory means for storing information,
- display means coupled to said memory means for displaying information in said memory means,
- means for coupling information from a first of said tape means as recorded on a first of said tapes into said memory means for viewing of at least part of the information from the first of said tapes on said display means,
- means for locating selected information on a second of said tapes, including means for operating the tape means receiving the second of said tapes to impart motion thereto and for positioning the said second of said tapes in response to location of the selected information,
- means for coupling located information from the said second of said tapes into said memory means for simultaneous viewing in combination with information present on said display means from said first of said tapes,
- manually operable means for adjusting information in said memory means with said data processor for attaining a desired presentation on said display means including the combination of information from the first and second tapes at an operator controlled cursor location in information from the first tape for said simultaneous viewing,
- and means for outputting combined information from said memory means to a third of said tape means for recording on a third of said tapes.
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A typesetting terminal system comprising:
- a keyboard for entering alphanumeric characters into said system,
- a display means including a cathode ray tube and character generator means coupled to said cathode ray tube for displaying alphanumeric characters on said cathode ray tube as selected by said keyboard,
- said display means further including a cursor register for storing coordinates of a cursor indication, said cathode ray tube being responsive thereto for displaying a cursor relative to said alphanumeric characters,
- joy stick control means operable to enter information into said cursor register for controlling the coordinates stored therein,
- a plurality of tape transport input devices receiving tapes each comprising plural variable length multiple line records adapted for entrance into said system in combination with characters entered thereinto from said keyboard and from another of said tape transport input devices,
- an output storage device,
- a data processor connected to said keyboard, display means and input and output devices, said data processor including memory means for receiving and storing input information from said keyboard and input devices for accessing by said display means and display of input information by said display means,
- means for entering into said system an input identifying a record contained in a selected one of said tapes,
- means for causing transport of said tape for search of said record,
- means for recognizing said record and for interrupting transport of said tape when said record is recognized,
- means for entering at least a portion of said record into said memory means for access and display by said display means together with information theretofore stored by said memory means as inputted from another of said tape transport input devices and already displayed by said display means for combination with the information theretofore stored and displayed at a location identified by said cursor on said display means to provide a combined output stream,
- and means for coupling the combined output stream information from said memory means into said output storage device adapting said output device to provide the input to a typesetter apparatus.
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A typesetting terminal system comprising:
- a keyboard for entering alphanumeric characters into said system,
- a display means including a cathode ray tube and character generator means coupled to said cathode ray tube for displaying alphanumeric characters on said cathode ray tube as selected by said keyboard,
- said display means further including cursor generator means and a manual control therefor, said cathode ray tube being responsive to said manual control for displaying a cursor relative to said alphanumeric characters,
- a plurality of tape transport input devices receiving tapes each comprising plural variable length records adapted for entrance into said system in combination with characters entered therinto from another tape and said keyboard,
- an output storage device,
- a data processor connected to said keyboard, display means and input and output devices, said data processor including memory means for receiving and storing input information from said keyboard and input devices for display by said display means,
- means for inputting information from a first of said tapes as contained in a first tape transport input device into said memory means for viewing by said display means,
- means for entering into said system an input identifying a record contained in the second of said tapes as contained in a second of said tape transport input devices,
- means for serially searching the second of said tapes for recognizing the record thus identified,
- means for inputting information as recognized on the second of said tapes into said memory means for combination with information theretofore stored in said memory means from the first of said tapes and displayed on said display means at the location in said information selected by the cursor positioned in the displayed information from the first of said tapes on said display means,
- and means for coupling the thus combined stream of information from said memory means into said output storage device adapting said output device to provide the input to a typesetter apparatus.
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A typesetting terminal system comprising:
- a keyboard for entering alphanumeric characters into said system,
- a cathode ray tube display means including character generator means for displaying alphanumeric characters as selected by said keyboard,
- a plurality of memory input devices including serially recorded records including variable length records adapted for entrance into said system in combination with characters entered thereinto from another memory input device and said keyboard for display on said display means,
- a data processor connected to said keyboard, display means and input devices, said data processor including memory means for receiving and storing input information from said keyboard and input devices for display by said display means,
- operator controlled means for identifying on the face of said display means a location in said stored input information as displayed by said display means,
- means for entering into said system an input identifying a said variable length record contained in one of said memory input devices and for causing serial reading of said one of said memory input devices for search of a variable length record thus identified for entry of said variable length record into said memory means under the control of said data processor and combination at said identified location with information theretofore stored in said memory means as derived from another memory input device and as displayed by said display means,
- and means for coupling the thus combined stream of information from said memory means to provide an input to a typesetter apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.