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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6081797 | Adaptive temporal correlation network The present invention comprises an adaptive temporal correlation network (ATCN) that correlates data patterns, or events, over time. More specifically, the ATCN comprises a plurality of time slices wherein each time slice represents one or more data strea... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6038555 | Generic processing capability A generic anomaly detection engine is described which provides neural network technology to process information such as call detail records and detect anomalies in the information, such as mobile phone fraud. Information from call detail records is pre-pr... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6032125 | Demand forecasting method, demand forecasting system, and recording medium A method and a system for forecasting the demand agreeing with the fluctuation trend of sales results at high and stable precision, without requiring user's maintenance, by using a model optimum for grasping the fluctuation trend of sales results, even if... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6018729 | Neural network control of spot welding A spot welder comprises a neural network for processing, in real time, current and voltage energizing a weld in progress. The neural network generates a predicted time of optimal weld strength and/or nugget size for the weld in progress. A controller term... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6016503 | Methods, systems and computer program products for preemptive avoidance of constraints for shared resources Methods, systems (apparatus) and computer program products are provided which control access to a shared resource in a data processing system by predicting utilization of the shared resource based upon historical utilization of the shared resource. Users ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6009419 | Method for predicting cement properties A method of predicting a desired property, such as thickening time, of a cement slurry comprising measuring or determining other properties of a slurry composition and obtaining a predicted value of the desired property by applying values representative o... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5978783 | Feedback control system for telecommunications systems Telecommunications processing is applied to a reference signal to generate a signal under test. A fidelity measure is generated characterizing the fidelity of the signal under test relative to the reference signal. A control signal is generated from the f... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5967981 | Time series prediction for event triggering Delays in event detection in time-varying data can be reduced by predicting the time-varying data and then detecting the event in the predicted data. This finds application in the triggering of medical imaging devices, where physiological events can be de... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5970426 | Emission monitoring system A method and apparatus for providing output emission data corresponding to output emissions from a source of emissions includes a sensing emission monitoring system that senses the output emissions directly from the source of emissions and a predictive em... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5933819 | Prediction of relative binding motifs of biologically active peptides and peptide mimetics A general neural network based method and system for identifying peptide binding motifs from limited experimental data. In particular, an artificial neural network (ANN) is trained with peptides with known sequence and function (i.e., binding strength) id... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5901272 | Neural network based helicopter low airspeed indicator The invention is directed to means, utilizing a neural network, for estimating helicopter airspeed at speeds below about 50 knots using only fixed system parameters as inputs to the neural network. The system includes: means for entering at least one init... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5862304 | Method for predicting the future occurrence of clinically occult or non-existent medical conditions A method is presented for evaluating data to predict the future occurrence of a medical condition that is presently clinically occult or which has not yet occurred. Specifically, the method uses a neural network to analyze and interpret DNA flow cytometri... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5845049 | Neural network system with N-gram term weighting method for molecular sequence classification and motif identification A method for rapid and sensitive protein family identification is disclosed. The new designs include an n-gram term weighting algorithm for extracting local motif patterns, an enhanced n-gram method for extracting residues of long-range correlation, and i... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5842189 | Method for operating a neural network with missing and/or incomplete data A neural network system is provided that models the system in a system model (12) with the output thereof providing a predicted output. This predicted output is modified or controlled by an output control (14). Input data is processed in a data preprocess... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5812992 | Method and system for training a neural network with adaptive weight updating and adaptive pruning in principal component space A signal processing system and method for accomplishing signal processing using a neural network that incorporates adaptive weight updating and adaptive pruning for tracking non-stationary signal is presented. The method updates the structural parameters ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5809488 | Management system for a power station installation In the control of a power station installation having a number of power station blocks, in which each power station block is controlled by using at least one reference variable, it is intended to permit reliable determination of especially favorable refer... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5796611 | Weather forecast apparatus and method based on recognition of echo patterns of radar images The present invention provides a weather forecast apparatus and a method for the same, to systematically classify a measured radar image based on results of pattern classification of past radar images so as to use the classified radar image. In the presen... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5785653 | System and method for predicting internal condition of live body A live body internal condition predicting and expressing system is capable of predicting the internal condition of a live body on the basis of an electromagnetic field distribution at significantly reduced period. The system comprises an electromagnetic f... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5761386 | Method and apparatus for foreign exchange rate time series prediction and classification A method and apparatus for the prediction of time series data, specifically, the prediction of a foreign currency exchange rate. The method disclosed transforms the time series data into a difference of a series, compresses the transformed data using a lo... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5729661 | Method and apparatus for preprocessing input data to a neural network A preprocessing system for preprocessing input data to a neural network includes a training system for training a model (20) on data from a data file (10). The data is first preprocessed in a preprocessor (12) to fill in bad or missing data and merge all ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5727128 | System and method for automatically determining a set of variables for use in creating a process model A process modeling system and method develop a set of process model inputs for a process model, such as a neural network, from values for a number of process input variables and at least one process output variable. The system and method first determine a... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5727129 | Network system for profiling and actively facilitating user activities A system and method are provided for use with an communication and information network, such at the Internet World Wide Web, for assisting a user in accessing information stored at remote network sites based on the user's past history of network usage. An... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5724255 | Portable emergency action system for chemical releases The present invention provides a calculated protective action zone, such as a safety zone which can be used for evacuation purposes, using simplified input methods and systems and simplified internal calculation methods to model the chemical data. Yet, it... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5720003 | Method and apparatus for determining the accuracy limit of a learning machine for predicting path performance degradation in a communications network A method and apparatus for determining the accuracy limit of a learning machine for predicting path performance degradation imposed by the quality of the path performance data is disclosed. A plurality of learning machines of increasing capacity are train... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5675504 | Method of predicting residual chlorine in water supply systems A method of configuring an artificial neural network for predicting residual chlorine concentration in water contained in a storage tank of a water supply system, the storage tank having an inlet for admitting water into the tank and an outlet for dischar... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5673366 | System and method for geomagnetic and ionospheric forecasting A system and method forecast geomagnetic events and resulting currents from ground and space weather data, including solar wind velocity data and interplanetary magnetic field data. The system has a processor including a first prediction generator for pre... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5625750 | Catalyst monitor with direct prediction of hydrocarbon conversion efficiency by dynamic neural networks A process and apparatus for monitoring catalyst conversion activity includes a predictor of feedgas emissions and a predictor of tailpipe emissions, each predictor providing an output for generating a ratio of conversion activity. Each predictor comprises... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5617513 | Method for analyzing activity in a signal A method for analyzing a signal. The signal is passed through a noise filter to generate a filtered signal. The filtered signal is passed through an adaptive pattern recognition unit. At the adaptive pattern recognition unit, a pattern that is a function ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5577166 | Method and apparatus for classifying patterns by use of neural network A method of and an apparatus for classifying an input pattern as a classification object by use of a neural network and transforming the input pattern into an output pattern as a result of classification, wherein there is obtained from the neural network ... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5563983 | Learning system operated through a layered neural network The present invention predicts an output result in response to unknown input data using a layered neural network. For example, learning data collected in time series with rate of changes included are learned through the layered neural network. As a result... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5479573 | Predictive network with learned preprocessing parameters A predictive network is disclosed for operating in a runtime mode and in a training mode. The network includes a preprocessor (34') for preprocessing input data in accordance with parameters stored in a storage device (14') for output as preprocessed data... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5461699 | Forecasting using a neural network and a statistical forecast A system and method for forecasting that combines a neural network with a statistical forecast is presented. A neural network having an input layer, a hidden layer, and an output layer with each layer having one or more nodes is presented. Each node in th... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5446829 | Artificial network for temporal sequence processing A computer-based artificial network is presented that is capable of learning, recognizing, and generating temporal-spatial sequences. The network system includes time-delays and artificial neural subnetworks. The system generally includes three parts: (1)... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444820 | Adaptive system and method for predicting response times in a service environment A hybrid fuzzy logic/neural network prediction system and method is disclosed for predicting response times to service requests to a service provider. Data from a historical database of records including customer requests and weather information are input... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5444819 | Economic phenomenon predicting and analyzing system using neural network An economic phenomenon predicting and/or analyzing system using a neural network. In the disclosed system, time series data indicating economic phenomena are input to preparation modules, and moving-average values and their differences are generated. One ... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5402520 | Neural network method and apparatus for retrieving signals embedded in noise and analyzing the retrieved signals An apparatus for retrieving signals embedded in noise and analyzing the signals. The apparatus includes an input device for receiving input signals having noise. At least one noise filter retrieves data signals embedded in the input signals. At least one ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5402521 | Method for recognition of abnormal conditions using neural networks According to the present invention, a method for recognition of normal and abnormal conditions can be performed with at least one neural network. First, trend data of an object system, before a recognition-step, are entered as input data to an input layer... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5333240 | Neural network state diagnostic system for equipment A state diagnostic system for equipment is disclosed. The system is constructed of a neural network model for learning in advance one or more samples of information on vibrations, which are produced in a specific operation state of the equipment, in assoc... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5307260 | Order entry apparatus for automatic estimation and its method Order entry apparatus for automatic estimation a transformation model comprising a pattern composed of a plurality of parameters representing custom product specifications, production line conditions and factors for composing the estimates for production ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5140523 | Neural network for predicting lightning A system and method are provided for the automated prediction of lightning strikes in a set of different spatial regions for different times in the future. In a preferred embodiment, the system utilizes measurements of many weather phenomena. The types of... | 08/18/1992 |
