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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1990
Toshiaki Yagasaki, Irvine, CA (US);
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sorting arrangement such as in a pattern recognizer employs a memory having N data storage locations. The same extreme value data signal is initially placed in each location. The memory locations are partitioned into two or more sections. A sequence of input signals having values other than the extreme value are received. The value of the current input signal is compared to the values of the data signals in the first section to determine a position for the input signal among the memory locations while, concurrently, the immediately preceding input signal is compared to the values of the data signals of the second section to determine a position for the immediately preceding input signal in the memory locations. The sorting is speeded up by the input signal overlap.