Reactive computer system
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1. A computer system comprising:
- a) N physical condition sensors, each of said N physical condition sensors generating electronic data indicative of one of two states of said physical condition sensor;
b) a computer receiving the electronic data from each of said N physical condition sensors, said computer having,1) clock means generating clock data indicative of the passage of time,2) means for establishing a time lapse data, and,3) monitoring means for identifying sensors, based upon said electronic data, which have changed states during a lapse in time as defined by said time lapse data and said clock data, said monitoring means further generating a data stream identifying physical condition sensors which have changed; and
,4) means for grouping said physical condition sensors based upon said data stream.
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Abstract
An improved computer and system thereof which monitors the state of an array of sensors. In the preferred embodiment, these sensors monitor a physical or internal condition and have two states. The invention establishes a time window and identifies which of the sensors have changed state within the time window. The sensors which have changed state are then grouped into a "tuple" which is used by an operator to analyze the operations of the environment being studied using such methods as co-exclusion. Through selective control of the length of the time window, changes in two or more sensors permit co-exclusion properties to be inferred.
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1. A computer system comprising:
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a) N physical condition sensors, each of said N physical condition sensors generating electronic data indicative of one of two states of said physical condition sensor; b) a computer receiving the electronic data from each of said N physical condition sensors, said computer having, 1) clock means generating clock data indicative of the passage of time, 2) means for establishing a time lapse data, and, 3) monitoring means for identifying sensors, based upon said electronic data, which have changed states during a lapse in time as defined by said time lapse data and said clock data, said monitoring means further generating a data stream identifying physical condition sensors which have changed; and
,4) means for grouping said physical condition sensors based upon said data stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer receiving signals from sensors and comprising:
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a) means for automatically establishing a time window; b) monitoring means, reacting every time window, for identifying sensors which have changed state during the time window and generating a data stream identifying sensors which have changed; and
,c) means for grouping said sensors based upon said data stream. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer system comprising:
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a) N sensors, each of said N sensors generating data indicative of a state of a corresponding sensor; and
,b) a computer receiving the data from each of said N sensors, said computer having, 1) means for establishing a time window, 2) monitoring means for identifying sensors which have changed states during said time window, and generating a data stream identifying such sensors, and, 3) means for grouping said sensors based upon said data stream. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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