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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2002
David R. Cabana, Cary, NC (US);
Manuel Aparicio, Iv, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
James S. Fleming, Apex, NC (US);
David R. Cabana, Cary, NC (US);
Manuel Aparicio, IV, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
James S. Fleming, Apex, NC (US);
Saffron Technology Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
An artificial neuron includes inputs and dendrites, a respective one of which is associated with a respective one of the inputs. A respective dendrite includes a respective power series of weights. The weights in a given power of the power series represent a maximal projection. A respective power also may include at least one switch, to identify holes in the projections. By providing maximal projections, linear scaling may be provided for the maximal projections, and quasi-linear scaling may be provided for the artificial neuron, while allowing a lossless compression of the associations. Accordingly, hetero-associative and/or auto-associative recall may be accommodated for large numbers of inputs, without requiring geometric scaling as a function of input.