Artificial neural systems with dynamic synapses
First Claim
1. An artificial neural network system, comprising a network of signal processing elements operating like neurons to process signals and a plurality of signal processing junctions distributed to interconnect said signal processing elements, said signal processing junctions operating like synapses, wherein each signal processing junction is operable to process and is responsive to either or both of a non-impulse input signal and an input impulse signal from a neuron within said network, and each signal processing junction is operable to respond to a received impulse action potential in at least one of three permitted manners:
- (1) producing one single corresponding impulse, (2) producing no corresponding impulse, and (3) producing two or more corresponding impulses.
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Abstract
Artificial neural network systems where each signal processing junction connected between signal processing elements is operable to, in response to a received impulse action potential, operate in at least one of three permitted manners: (1) producing one single corresponding impulse, (2) producing no corresponding impulse, and (3) producing two or more corresponding impulse. A preprocessing module may be used to filter the input signal to such networks. Various control mechanism may be implemented.
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1. An artificial neural network system, comprising a network of signal processing elements operating like neurons to process signals and a plurality of signal processing junctions distributed to interconnect said signal processing elements, said signal processing junctions operating like synapses,
wherein each signal processing junction is operable to process and is responsive to either or both of a non-impulse input signal and an input impulse signal from a neuron within said network, and each signal processing junction is operable to respond to a received impulse action potential in at least one of three permitted manners: - (1) producing one single corresponding impulse, (2) producing no corresponding impulse, and (3) producing two or more corresponding impulses.
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15. An artificial neural network system, comprising:
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a network of signal processing elements operating like neurons to process signals and a plurality of signal processing junctions distributed to interconnect said signal processing elements, said signal processing junctions operating like synapses, wherein each signal processing junction is operable to, in response to a received impulse action potential, operate in at least one of three permitted manners;
(1) producing one single corresponding impulse, (2) producing no corresponding impulse, and (3) producing two or more corresponding impulses; and
a preprocessing module to filter an input signal to said network, said preprocessing module comprising a plurality of filters of different characteristics operable to filter said input signal to produce filtered input signals to said network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for signal processing, comprising:
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filtering an input signal to produce multiple filtered input signals with different frequency characteristics; and
feeding the filtered input signals into a network of signal processing elements operating like neurons to process signals and a plurality of signal processing junctions distributed to interconnect the signal processing elements, said signal processing junctions operating like synapses, wherein each signal processing junction is operable to, in response to a received impulse action potential, operate in at least one of three permitted manners;
(1) producing one single corresponding impulse, (2) producing no corresponding impulse, and (3) producing two or more corresponding impulses. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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