Artificial neural network (ANN) classifier apparatus for selecting related computer routines and methods

摘要

An artificial neural network (ANN) classifier provides a series of outputs indicative of a series of classes to which input feature vectors are classified. The ANN provides only one output for each input feature vector to partition said input into one class. The one output of the classifier is coupled to the interrupt input of an associated digital computer or CPU. Upon receipt of the output, the CPU immediately interrupts a main program and executes an interrupt service routine which is triggered by the output of the classifier. In this manner, the CPU is immediately accessed in the interrupt mode by the transition of one of the output class processing elements when activated.