Abstract A trained processor is described which operates beyond an untrained point. Information is stored in a memory array in a tree-allocated file. Information is stored in the memory as key functions with associated trained responses. After the processor has been trained, it is able during an execution cycle, to find appropriate responses for query key functions. These query key functions are compared with the reference key functions stored in the memory array to find an appropriate trained response. During the execution cycle, there are some query keys for which there is no corresponding reference key function stored in the memory array, therefore, no readily apparent appropriate trained response for the query key. These query key functions for which there is no readily apparent trained response are termed untrained points. Thereupon a query key function which constitutes an untrained point is effectively compared with the reference key functions stored in the memory array to establish and store a difference function for stored reference key functions. Logic means then selects for the untrained point a trained response from those trained responses best satisfying a predetermined decision criteria. During the comparison operation, conditions are measured that indicate when reference key functions corresponding to a given group of trained responses cannot be an appropriate response for the untrained point in question. Logic means waive further examination of some stored reference key functions thereby greatly expediting the efficiency of search. In the multimodal search there are several modes of search, each mode further defining the item being searched.
A method of operating a trained processor comprised of at least one memory array in which reference signals are stored along with associated trained responses forming a data base to locate and extract a desired output to query signals, which method comprises: a. in a first mode, searching through reference signals stored in a memory array comprising said at least one memory array with a query signal; b. selecting one or more of said reference signals from such memory array according to a first preselected criterion; c. retrieving from such memory array first mode trained responses associated with the reference signals selected according to said first criterion, said first mode trained responses determining the domain of a search to be conducted in a second mode; d. and in said second mode, searching through reference signals stored in a memory array comprising said at least one memory array is determined by said first mode trained responses; e. selecting one or more of said reference signals from such memory array for said query signal according to a second preselected criterion; and f. retrieving from such memory array second mode trained responses associated with the reference signals selected according to said second criterion.
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A method of operating a trained processor comprised of at least one memory array in which reference signals are stored along with associated trained responses forming a data base to locate and extract a desired output to query signals, which method comprises: a. in a first mode, searching through reference signals stored in a memory array comprising said at least one memory array with a query signal; b. selecting one or more of said reference signals from such memory array according to a first preselected criterion; c. retrieving from such memory array first mode trained responses associated with the reference signals selected according to said first criterion, said first mode trained responses determining the domain of a search to be conducted in a second mode; d. and in said second mode, searching through reference signals stored in a memory array comprising said at least one memory array is determined by said first mode trained responses; e. selecting one or more of said reference signals from such memory array for said query signal according to a second preselected criterion; and f. retrieving from such memory array second mode trained responses associated with the reference signals selected according to said second criterion.
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A method of operating a trained processor comprised of at least one memory array in which reference signals are stored along with associated trained responses forming a data base to locate and extract a desired output to query signals, which method comprises: a. in a first mode, searching through reference signals stored in a memory array comprising said at least one memory array with a query signal; b. selecting one or more of said reference signals from such memory array according to a first preselected criterion; c. retrieving from such memory array first mode trained responses associated with the reference signals selected according to said first criterion, said first mode trained responses determining the domain of a search to be conducted in a second mode; d. and in said second mode, searching through reference signals stored in a memory array comprising said at least one memory array is determined by said first mode trained responses; e. selecting one or more of said reference signals from such memory array for said query signal according to a second preselected criterion; and f. retrieving from such memory array second mode trained responses associated with the reference signals selected according to said second criterion.
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A method of operating a trained processor comprised of at least one memory array in which reference signals are stored along with associated trained responses forming a data base to locate and extract a desired output to query signals, which method comprises: a. in a first mode, searching through reference signals stored in a memory array comprising said at least one memory array with a query signal; b. selecting one or more of said reference signals from such memory array according to a first preselected criterion; c. retrieving from such memory array first mode trained responses associated with the reference signals selected according to said first criterion, said first mode trained responses determining the domain of a search to be conducted in a second mode; d. and in said second mode, searching through reference signals stored in a memory array comprising said at least one memory array is determined by said first mode trained responses; e. selecting one or more of said reference signals from such memory array for said query signal according to a second preselected criterion; and f. retrieving from such memory array second mode trained responses associated with the reference signals selected according to said second criterion.
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The method of claim 1 wherein said second mode trained responses provide the desired output of the trained processor to said query signals.
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The method of claim 1 wherein said at least one memory array comprises a single tree-structured array, the reference signals stored in said tree-structured array being searched in said first mode and only those reference signals selected during said first mode being searched in said second mode.