Method of creating pattern for input information

Abstract

A method and an apparatus operate like a human neural network to analyze and store input information and form patterns according to the input and stored information. The apparatus has a preprocessing unit ( 3 ), an activity computation unit ( 5 ), a mutual repression unit ( 6 ), and a composition unit ( 7 ). The apparatus receives an input pattern, calculates the similarity and activity levels of each stored pattern with respect to the input pattern, and repeats a predetermined number of times the activity calculation of each stored pattern according to the calculated activity level (A(i)), a negative repression coefficient, and the activity levels of the other stored patterns. The apparatus applies final activity levels to cell values of the stored patterns, totals the cell values through the stored patterns, and generates a new pattern according to the totaled cell values.

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       6 . A method of generating patterns from input information, comprising the steps of: 
 entering an input pattern into a network of elements arranged at predetermined intervals, each of the elements directing an input impulse toward a next element except during a refractory period, wherein the refractory period starts as the input impulse is inputted thereto and continues during a predetermined time; and    generating a response rule corresponding to the input pattern according to routes formed by the elements in response to the input pattern,    wherein the predetermined time is changeable in response to stimulations to each of the elements received prior to the refractory period.    
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the input pattern is provided with a depth along a time axis to form a set of input patterns.  
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising the steps of: 
 dividing the set of input patterns into blocks;    shifting the blocks in predetermined directions according to predetermined rules; and    combining the shifted blocks to form the new input patterns.    
   
   
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       15 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the predetermined time is changeable in response to a pattern of stimulations to each of the elements inputted prior to the refractory period.  
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the predetermined time is changeable in response to intervals of stimulations to each of the elements inputted prior to the refractory period.  
   
   
       17 . A method of generating patterns from input information, comprising the steps of: 
 entering an input pattern into a network of elements arranged at predetermined intervals, each of the elements directing an input impulse toward a next element except during a refractory period, wherein the refractory period starts as the input impulse is inputted therein and continues during a predetermined time; and    generating a response rule corresponding to the input pattern according to routes formed by the elements in response to the input pattern, wherein the predetermined time is changeable in response to a state of each of the elements prior to the refractory period.