System for spatial analysis of a physical quantity
First Claim
1. A system for spatial analysis of a physical quantity whose spatial values (S1 to Sn) are respectively represented by measurement pulses (I1 to In) whose order in time is representative of those values, said system comprising a plurality of processing units (U1 to Un;
- pn) for processing said measurement pulses, said processing units being arranged in one or more rows and each having an output (SOR1 to SORn) at which, during successive processing cycles, a measurement pulse that is processed therein is delivered to form an output signal (SU) of said system, wherein each of said processing units (U1 to Un;
pn) further includes an inhibition unit (BI) for inhibiting, in other units of said one or more rows and during a processing cycle, passage toward the outputs (SOR1 to SORn) of those other units of respective measurement pulses that are processed therein, and thereby preventing said respective measurement pulses from forming said output signal (SU) of the system, if those measurement pulses are ordered later in the processing cycle concerned than the pulse processed in the unit concerned.
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Abstract
A system is provided in which the spatial values (S1 to Sn) of the physical quantity are represented by measurement pulses (I1 to In), the temporal ordering of which represents the values, which are processed by processing units (U1 to Un) arranged in at least one row and each include an output (SOR1 to SORn). During successive processing cycles, a measurement pulse processed therein can be delivered to form the output signal (SU) of the system. Each processing unit includes an inhibiting unit (BI) for, in other units and during a given processing cycle, inhibiting the passage to the outputs of the other units respective measurement pulses processed therein and hence preventing them from forming the output signal, if the measurement impulses are temporally ordered later in the given processing cycle than the one processed in the unit concerned.
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1. A system for spatial analysis of a physical quantity whose spatial values (S1 to Sn) are respectively represented by measurement pulses (I1 to In) whose order in time is representative of those values, said system comprising a plurality of processing units (U1 to Un;
- pn) for processing said measurement pulses, said processing units being arranged in one or more rows and each having an output (SOR1 to SORn) at which, during successive processing cycles, a measurement pulse that is processed therein is delivered to form an output signal (SU) of said system, wherein each of said processing units (U1 to Un;
pn) further includes an inhibition unit (BI) for inhibiting, in other units of said one or more rows and during a processing cycle, passage toward the outputs (SOR1 to SORn) of those other units of respective measurement pulses that are processed therein, and thereby preventing said respective measurement pulses from forming said output signal (SU) of the system, if those measurement pulses are ordered later in the processing cycle concerned than the pulse processed in the unit concerned. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- pn) for processing said measurement pulses, said processing units being arranged in one or more rows and each having an output (SOR1 to SORn) at which, during successive processing cycles, a measurement pulse that is processed therein is delivered to form an output signal (SU) of said system, wherein each of said processing units (U1 to Un;
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