Patent ID: 11942152
Assignee: YOSHINORI OKAJIMA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. The approximate search circuit according to claim 1, further comprising:
a pulse generation circuit for each of the matching degree determination circuits to generate pulse signals so that the number of the pulse signals has a meaning of the stored value in the second storage circuit;
a vertically-connected output detection circuit; and
a control circuit, wherein
when the vertically-connected output detection circuit detects that any of the matching degree determination circuits has put out an ignition signal which asserts similarity of the circuit has exceeded the threshold value of the circuit, the control circuit reduces the count value of the counting circuit in the matching degree determination circuit by a predetermined amount, and the pulse generation circuit puts out the number of the pulse signals that have a meaning of the stored value stored in the second storage circuit.