Self-organizing circuits for automatic pattern recognition and the like and systems embodying the same
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1. A system that comprises:
- transducer means to sense an input thereto and operable to provide a first output signal representative of said input;
self-organizing circuit means connected to receive said first output signal and operable to effect analysis of constituent elements of said input and provide a further output signal related to said input, each self-organizing circuit of said self-organizing circuit means including a plurality of sub-circuits or levels which are connected to receive messages from some other sub-circuit or level and are operable to deliver messages to some other sub-circuit or level, there being voting in that each sub-circuit or level weights relative amounts of negative and positive inputs thereto and votes whether or not to pass along information to the further sub-circuits or levels; and
means connected to apply modifying inputs to each sub-circuit or level of the self-organizing circuit means, which modifying innputs serve to correct errors in the further output signal occasioned by inaccurate analysis of the input by the self-organizing circuit means.
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Abstract
Self-organizing circuits to receive input signals from transducers and the like and operable, under guidance from other inputs thereto, to operate in a learning mode and systems embodying such self-organizing circuits.
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1. A system that comprises:
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transducer means to sense an input thereto and operable to provide a first output signal representative of said input; self-organizing circuit means connected to receive said first output signal and operable to effect analysis of constituent elements of said input and provide a further output signal related to said input, each self-organizing circuit of said self-organizing circuit means including a plurality of sub-circuits or levels which are connected to receive messages from some other sub-circuit or level and are operable to deliver messages to some other sub-circuit or level, there being voting in that each sub-circuit or level weights relative amounts of negative and positive inputs thereto and votes whether or not to pass along information to the further sub-circuits or levels; and means connected to apply modifying inputs to each sub-circuit or level of the self-organizing circuit means, which modifying innputs serve to correct errors in the further output signal occasioned by inaccurate analysis of the input by the self-organizing circuit means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 42, 43)
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5. A system that comprises:
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transducer means to sense as input thereto a signal containing information, said transducer means being operable to convert that input to a first output signal representative of said input; self-organizing circuit means connected to receive said first output signal and operable to effect analysis of the pattern of constituent elements thereof and provide a second output signal shaped, at least in part, by said information, said self-organizing circuit means comprising multi-levels with punish and reward signals to all levels, feedback signals at all levels and random initial output weighting; and means connected to apply modifying inputs to the self-organizing circuit means at all levels, which modifying inputs serve to correct errors in the second output signal pattern occasioned by inaccurate analysis by the self-organizing circuit means, which modifying inputs include said punish and reward signals. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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6. A system that comprises:
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self-organizing circuit means connected to receive as input information in the form of a signal and operable to effect analysis of the pattern of constituent elements thereof to extract said information from the input signal and provide an output signal related to said information, said self-organizing circuit means comprising multi-level circuits wherein, the information flows from a lower-level circuit to a higher-level circuit; and means connected to apply modifying inputs to the self-organizing circuit means, which modifying inputs serve to correct errors in the output signal pattern occasioned by inaccurate analysis of the self-organizing circuit means, which modifying inputs include punish and reward signals. - View Dependent Claims (7, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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8. A system that comprises:
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self-organizing circuit means connected to receive a plurality of input signals representing constituent elements of input information and operable to effect identification of the pattern of constituent elements by combining the influence which each constituent element has on the pattern of constituent elements, said self-organizing circuit means comprising multi-levels with feedback from higher levels to lower levels to aid in identification of said pattern, said self-organizing circuit means being operable to provide an output signal related to said pattern; and correction means connected to modify said self-organizing circuit means by varying the influence which each constituent element has on the pattern of constituent elements as occasioned by accurate and inaccurate identification of said input information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 31, 32, 33, 44)
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