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Signal interpretation engine

US6546378B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 24, 1997
Grant dateApr 8, 2003
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Expiry dateApr 24, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2218/12
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A signal interpretation engine apparatus and method are disclosed in certain presently preferred embodiment as including a computer programmed to run a plurality of modules comprising a feature expansion module, a weight table module, a consolidation module, and a map generation module. The feature expansion module contains feature operators for operating on a signal to expand the signal to form a feature map of feature segments Each feature segment corresponds to a unique representation of the signal created by a feature operator operating on the signal across an epoch. An epoch corresponds to an event occurring within a time segment. The weight table module provides a weight table having weight elements Each weight element has a weight corresponding to a feature segment of the feature map. The consolidation module provides a superposition segment by combining the feature segments of the feature map corresponding to the epoch by forming an inner product of the feature map and the weight table. The consolidation module also applies aggregators to consolidate the inner products or superposition segments into a distribution function representing an attribute over a domain reflecting …

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