Parallel, multi-unit, adaptive, nonlinear pattern class separator and identifier

摘要

A system is disclosed for separating and identifying alasses of patterns or events which are not necessarily linearly separable. The patterns are represented by an input signal S. The system comprises (1) a plurality of classification inits, connected in parallel to receive the input signal S, and 2) a class selection device, responsive to the output signals broduced by the classification units, for producing a single butput response R representing the class of each respective battem. In a preferred embodiment each classification unit ncludes a pattern feature encoding device, responsive to the nput signal S, for producing an intermediate signal Fi repre- bentative of the features contained in the pattern, and a battem classifier, responsive to the signal Fi, for producing an output signal Ri representative of the respective class of he pattern, as identified by the features encoded by the eature encoding device.