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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
706 26 ; 706 15 ; 706 25 ;
Abstract
A number of cells each having a state storage mechanism and a state update mechanism are arranged in the form of a grid. The state storage mechanism includes parts opening and closing information to the remaining cells, and the state update mechanism includes open and closed update parts. The state update mechanism decides the next state on the basis of its own cell state and open states of neighboring cells.