Patent
Arrangement for abacus-like calculation
Chiu Gan
- 22 Apr 2002
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TL;DR: In this paper, an arrangement for abacus-like calculation comprises a basic element comprising a first region with an array of first cells forming the first region, wherein each first cell represents a visual marking as to an assignment of each first cells, a second region with a second cell forming the second region, and at least one second indicator unit accessed to the second regions, wherein the visual marking assignment is marked on the basic element or on the indicator unit.
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Abstract: An arrangement for abacus-like calculation comprises a basic element comprising a first region with an array of first cells forming the first region, wherein each first cell represents a visual marking as to an assignment of each first cell, a second region with an array of second cells forming the second region, wherein each second cell represents a visual marking as to an assignment of each second cell, at least one first indicator unit accessed to the first region, wherein the relative arrangement between the first indicator unit and the first region is changeable in order to indicate a selected first cell of the array of first cells, and at least one second indicator unit accessed to the second region, wherein the relative arrangement between the second indicator unit and the second region is changeable in order to indicate a selected second cell of the array of second cells, wherein the visually marked assignment is marked on the basic element or on the indicator unit.
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