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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7430546 | Applications of an algorithm that mimics cortical processing An information processing system having neuron-like signal processors that are interconnected by synapse-like processing junctions that simulates and extends capabilities of biological neural networks. The information processing systems uses integrate-and-fire neuro... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7272585 | Operation circuit and operation control method thereof A product-sum operation circuit includes a pulse width/digital conversion circuit (9) which converts a pulse signal having a pulse width representing an operand value into a digital signal, a sorting circuit (4) which outputs, in descending or ascendin... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7216099 | Automatically allocating and rebalancing discretionary portfolios An automated retirement plan manager manages the assets of an employee retirement benefits plan on behalf of an employer. The plan manager executes trades on investment vehicles based on instructions from an automated independent investment advisor. The advisor calc... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7182937 | Anhydrous dentrifice formulations for the delivery of incompatible ingredients A composition for reducing dentinal hypersensitivity and remineralizing exposed dentinal surface and open dentinal tubules, comprising a non-aqueous carrier and a desensitizing amount of a desensitizing/remineralizing agent which consists essentially of a water solu... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7120617 | Operation circuit and operation control method thereof A product-sum operation circuit includes a pulse width/digital conversion circuit (9) which converts a pulse signal having a pulse width representing an operand value into a digital signal, a sorting circuit (4) which outputs, in descending or ascendin... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7085749 | Pulse signal circuit, parallel processing circuit, pattern recognition system, and image input system A synaptic connection element for connecting neuron elements inputs a plurality of pulsed signals from different neuron elements N1 through N4, effects a common modulation (time window integration or pulse phase/width modulation) on a plurality of pred... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7058615 | Scheduling for data warehouse ETL processing and data mining execution Providing flexibility in scheduling control for an extract, transfer, and load (“ETL”) scheduler in a data warehouse system, including extracting from a computer memory of the data warehouse system a dependent condition for a scheduled ETL processing step of the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052517 | Delivery device for biological composites and method of preparation thereof An apparatus for the delivery of a biological composite and a method, kit, and system for preparing a biological composite is described herein. The biological composite includes both inorganic and biological materials. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6969501 | Minerals and methods for their production and use Uniformly sized and shaped particles of metal salts are provided comprised of one or more metal cations in combination with one or more simple oxoacid anions and a general method for the controlled precipitation of said metal salts from aqueous solutions. The method... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6953594 | Method of preparing a poorly crystalline calcium phosphate and methods of its use The present invention provides a novel process for producing a calcium phosphate cement or filler which hardens in a temperature dependent fashion in association with an endothermic reaction. In the reaction a limited amount of water is mixed with dry calcium phosph... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6946894 | Current-mode synapse multiplier circuit A current-mode synapse multiplier circuit multiplies each of a plurality of pulse signals with each of a corresponding plurality of weight signals. The synapse multiplier includes a plurality of first switches each coupled to a corresponding pulse signal and the cor... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6754645 | Voltage-mode pulse width modulation VLSI implementation of neural networks A voltage-mode pulse width modulation (PWM) VLSI implementation of neural networks, comprising: a voltage-pulse converter for converting an input voltage into a neuron-state pulse; a synapse multiplier, including a multiplier cell for multiplying the neuron-state pu... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6643627 | Dynamic synapse for signal processing in neural networks An information processing system having signal processors that are interconnected by processing junctions that simulate and extend biological neural networks. Each processing junction receives signals from one signal processor and generates a new signal t... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6560583 | Method and apparatus for constructing a self-adapting smart transmission device to control information transmission between elements of a network A process and apparatus that enable continual self-adaptation of dynamic transmission devices (saSTDs), allow "smart" filtering of information for transmission from one element to another within a network of interacting elements, such as a "neural network... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6496815 | Neuron, hierarchical neural network using the neuron, and multiplying circuit used for multiplying process in the neuron There is provided a neuron which is capable of expressing an excitative coupling and a suppressive coupling by one signal by devising signals processed in the neuron to reduce a circuit area of a neural network in constructing the neural network by a digi... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6456992 | Semiconductor arithmetic circuit A semiconductor arithmetic circuit which compares the magnitudes of a plurality of data with each other in real time by using a simple circuit. The semiconductor arithmetic circuit containing one or more neuron MOS transistors each having a plurality of input ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 5889424 | Pulse width modulation operation circuit The invention provides a pulse width modulation operation circuit for processing an m-bit pulse width modulation signal which is represented by a number n of sub pulse width modulation signals, where n is a divisor of m, characterized by comprising at lea... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5633989 | Artificial neural circuit using pulse coding Disclosed is an artificial neural circuit using a pulse coding such as a stochastic pulse coding or a noise feedback pulse coding, the circuit comprising a synapse circuit section for producing and absorbing a current signal proportional to a weight volta... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5619617 | Neuron unit, neural network and signal processing method A neuron unit processes a plurality of input signals and outputs an output signal which is indicative of a result of the processing. The neuron unit includes input lines for receiving the input signals, a forward process part including a supplying part fo... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5615305 | Neural processor element A neural processor element for use in a neural network includes a synaptic base weighting circuit which responds to an excitory input in the form of a stream of pulses of a first polarity which represents a sum of synaptic weights and an inhibitory input ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5611021 | Multiple pulse series generating device and method applicable to random pulse series generating apparatus A linear feedback shift register comprises a plurality of flip-flop devices, wherein the linear shift register is constituted so as to provide a plurality of pseudo-random pulse series in parallel. A data providing device performs a calculation on the plu... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5588090 | Signal processing apparatus A signal processing apparatus has a circuit network which is formed by connecting a plurality of neuron units into a network, each of the neuron being provided with a self-learning means having a weight function varying means and a weight function generat... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5581662 | Signal processing apparatus including plural aggregates A hierarchical signal processing apparatus includes aggregates having logic operation portions. The apparatus compares a final output signal from a logic operation portion in a final aggregate with a teaching signal, and generates an error signal by takin... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5386497 | Electronic neuron simulation with more accurate functions Electronic circuitry in the form of input and output circuits simulate the functions of neurons of most conceivable types. The input circuit has a signal regulating circuit which automatically reduces or increases its output amplitude, based on prior expe... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5343555 | Artificial neuron with switched-capacitor synapses using analog storage of synaptic weights A pseudo-analog electronic or optoelectronic neuron stores synaptic weights as analog quantities, preferably as charges upon capacitors or upon the gates of floating gate transistors. Multiplication of a stored synaptic weight times a binary pulse-width-m... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5247206 | Neural network accommodating parallel synaptic weight adjustments in a single cycle A neural network providing correlation learning in a synapse cell coupled to a circuit for parallel implementation of weight adjustment provides the learning portion of the synaptic operation and includes a floating gate device having a corresponding floa... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5247606 | Adaptively setting analog weights in a neural network and the like A method for adaptively setting analog weights in analog cells of a neural network and the like. The process starts by addressing a synapse cell in the network. A target weight for said addressed synapse cell is selected, and the current weight present on... | 09/21/1993 |
| 4893255 | Spike transmission for neural networks Pulse trains are utilized for the transmission of information in a neural network. A squash function is achieved by logically OR'ing together pulsed outputs, giving f(x) approximately 1-e-x. For Back Propagation, as derived by Rumelhart, the de... | 01/09/1990 |
