Audio signal pattern perception device

Claim 1

AN AUDIO SIGNAL PATTERN PERCEPTRON DEVICE COMPRISING MEANS FOR GENERATING A SIGNAL, MEANS FOR SEPARATING SAID SIGNAL INTO A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE FREQUENCY BANDS, A THRESHOLD RESPONSE UNIT FOR EACH SUCH BAND, TO THEREBY DEFINE A FIRST PLURALITY OF THRESHOLD RESPONSE UNITS, THE OUTPUTS OF EACH SAID THRESHOLD RESPONSE UNITS EXISTING ONLY WHEN THE INPUTS THERETO EXCEED A PREDETERMINED VALUE, THE OUTPUT OF EACH SAID THRESHOLD RESPONSE UNIT COUPLED TO A DELAY LINE, EACH SAID THRESHOLD RESPONSE UNIT HAVING ITS OWN DISTINCT DELAY LINE, EACH SAID DELAY LINE COMPOSED OF A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUALLY VARIABLE TIME DELAY UNITS WHICH SERIALLY AND SEQUENTIALLY TRIGGER EACH OTHER, SAID INDIVIDUAL DELAY UNITS IN EACH SAID DELAY LINE GENERATING AN OUTPUT WHEN TRIGGERED, SAID OUTPUTS LASTING EACH FOR A PREDETERMINED LENGTH OF TIME, MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID OUTPUTS TO A SECOND THRESHOLD RESPONSE UNIT, SAID SECOND THRESHOLD RESPONSE UNIT BEING ONE OF A SECOND PLURALITY OF THRESHOLD RESPONSE UNITS DISTINCT FROM SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF THRESHOLD RESPONSE UNITS, WHEREBY THE SIGNAL RECEIVED BY EACH OF SAID SECOND THRESHOLD RESPONSE UNITS IS THE TIME AND AMPLITUDE SUM OF THE OUTPUT OF THE DELAY LINE COUPLED THERETO, AND A FINAL RESPONSE UNIT COUPLED TO A PLURALITY OF SAID SECOND THRESHOLD RESPONSE UNITS.