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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2011
Victor Hokkiu Chan, Del Mar, CA (US);
Bardia Behabadi, San Diego, CA (US);
Jason Frank Hunzinger, Escondido, CA (US);
Victor Hokkiu Chan, Del Mar, CA (US);
Bardia Behabadi, San Diego, CA (US);
Jason Frank Hunzinger, Escondido, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure support a technique for neuronal firing modulation via noise control. Response curve of a typical neuron with a threshold can transition from not firing to always firing with a very small change in the neuron's input, thus limiting the range of excitable input patterns for the neuron. By introducing local, region and global noise terms, the slope of the neuron's response curve can be reduced. This may enable a larger set of input spike patterns to be effective in causing the neuron to fire, i.e., the neuron can be responsive to a large range of input patterns instead of an inherently small set of patterns in a noiseless situation.