Three-Language Ideographic Composing Machine

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Abstract:

Details the development of a photocomposing machine for Chinese, North Korean, and Japanese ideographic characters for the preparation of printed propaganda, orientation literature, and other materials. This development was found feasible in 1954 when studies revealed constants in the composition of Chinese ideographs. By the use of advanced concepts of electric circuitry, video, and photography, a practical electronic Chinese ideographic photocomposing machine was developed. An early prototype had a vocabulary of 2,500 ideographs, and the machine's capacity could be expanded to 10,000 ideographs. The current version of the machine permits composing in Chinese, North Korean, and Japanese by using a vocabulary of 9,615 ideographs. It operates at 600 strokes per minute. Provision is made for kinescopic verification of characters, precomposed ideographs (entities), and ambiguous characters.

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
PITTSBURGH UNIV WASHINGTON DC
Funding Organization(s):
US Army Natick Laboratories, Natick , MA
Document Type:
Technical Report/Interim Report
Publication Date:
1968 Jan 01
Pagination:
24

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution Code:
A - Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement: Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TRECMS
Identifying Numbers
Contract Number(s):
DA-49-186-AMC-214(D)
Subject Terms
Modernization Areas:
Microelectronics
Communities of Interest:
Energy and Power Technologies
Descriptor(s):
cameras, photographs, photography, electrical equipment, language, materials, photographic film, photographic materials, chinese language, english language, keyboards, magnetic drums, camera tubes, hard copy, japanese language, kinescopes, machines
Subject Categories:
Test Equipment, Research Facilities and Reprography; Military Sciences
Update Date:
2022 Mar 04