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CNN programamble topographic sensory device

  • US 5,717,834 A
  • Filed: 01/11/1996
  • Issued: 02/10/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for creating a model of functions of a plurality of distinct topographic physiological sensory organs in response to a set of stimuli, with each of said functions performed by an array of cells arranged in a pattern having a grain density, with said grain density being defined as the number of cells per square unit said method comprising the steps of:

  • a. selecting a plurality of topographic physiological sensory organs to be modelled by said model as a part of the same process;

    b. selecting stimuli to which said model is to respond from a set of stimuli to which said organs selected in step a. respond;

    c. selecting the grain density and shape for each of said arrays of cells of said organs selected in step a. appropriate to perform said functions;

    d. configuring a Cellular Neural Network (CNN) universal machine to have an array of cells that has a shape and grain density corresponding to the largest shape and greatest grain density, respectively, of said organs selected in step a.;

    e. selecting a plurality of sets of sensors with one set of sensors to detect each of said stimuli selected in step b.;

    f. interfacing at least one sensor of one of said plurality of sets of sensors selected in step e. to each cell of said CNN universal machine as configured in step d. and matching the grain density and shape for the corresponding organ as selected in step b., with each of said sets of sensors being responsive to one of said stimuli selected in step b. and individually developing an output signal compatible with that cell of said CNN universal machine to which said sensor is interfaced, with said individual signal being representative of a corresponding stimuli received by said individual sensor; and

    g. programming said CNN universal machine to implement said functions of said topographic sensory organs as part of the same process.

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