US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on Aug. 4 for "Neuromorphic systems for computing characteristics of a set" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,887, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Neuromorphic systems for computing characteristics of a set" was invented by Arnon Amir (San Jose, Calif.) and Tapan K. Nayak (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Neurosynaptic systems for computing characteristics of a set are provided. In various embodiments, a plurality of encoders is provided. Each encoder is adapted to receive a population coded input and generate an encoded output. The encoded output comprises a plurality of segments. Each segment corresponds to one or more binary bits. A winner selection component is adapte...