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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:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Geoff Barrett, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Limited, Almondsbury Bristol, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
703 13 ; 703 23 ; 700 12 ; 714724 ;
Abstract
A system for representing a physical environment comprises a first store for holding a set of state bits, a second store for holding a set of input bits, an input device for inputting a set of initial states of said state bits into said first store, means for implementing a set of state transition functions for manipulating said input bits and said state bits, and means for generating input bits satisfying a set of constrains representing restrictions on the physical environment.