Patent ID: 6459957
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: B82Y,G06N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A membrane for conducting an overall function of at least one of a sorting function, a filtering function and an absorbing function of at least one object having an attribute, comprising:a plurality of module units disposed adjacent each other; each module unit of the plurality of module units obtains information of an environment around the module unit that is based on information received by at least a portion of the plurality of module units; at least the portion of the plurality of module units each perform at least one function based on at least a first control method; and the first control method determines the function based on the information for each of the plurality of module units, wherein the at least a portion of the plurality of module units perform the at least one function to collectively perform the overall function of the membrane based on the attribute of the object.