Patents by Inventor Vernon G. Dobson

Vernon G. Dobson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5072130
    Abstract: A signal processing network circuit which may be used, for example, as a filter or an associative memory has elements (101, 102, 103, 104) each having a respective input conductor (85, 86, 87, 88) and a respective output conductor (81, 82, 83, 84) a teach cell (T) and a recall cell (R). Each input conductor (85, 86, 87 or 88) has a number of memory cells (M) serving as signal coupling devices between output conductors of other generators and the input conductor. In a teach phase, paths through the memory cells (M) are interrupted whenever the output conductor is high and the input conductor is low. Each teach cell causes the input conductor of the respective generator to be low if the output conductor is high. In a recall phase, the recall cells (R) receive input signals from their input conductors in dependence upon the number of output conductors coupled thereto through memory cells (M). If the input signals received exceed a threshold, the recall cell (R) sets the output conductor low, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Inventor: Vernon G. Dobson