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Self-organizing circuits

  • US 4,774,677 A
  • Filed: 09/24/1986
  • Issued: 09/27/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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 selforganizing 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 subcircuit 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;

    means connected to apply modifying inputs to each subcircuit or level of the self-organizing circuit means, which modifying inputs serve to correct errors in the further output signal occasioned by accurate or inaccurate analysis of the input by the self-organizing circuit means;

    means connected to change said modifying inputs based upon cumulative Boolean functions between said messages; and

    means connected to change said modifying inputs based upon competition amongst said messages.

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