Patent ID: 6496742
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
Classification apparatus, comprising:data acquisition means operable, in a learning phase, to acquire raw data by a plurality of channels, said raw data representing a plurality of instances of a plurality of different classes, wherein each instance analyzed during the learning phase belongs to a known class; a processing unit for processing data provided by the data acquisition means, the processing unit being operable, in a learning phase, to determine an identification model comprising definitions of the different classes, and the processing unit being operable, during an identification phase, to classify an instance of unknown class into one of the classes defined during the learning phase, said classifying being performed according to a particular rule; and means for accessing a directory storing characteristics of a plurality of different identification models, each identification model comprising at least an allocation rule or an information-extraction method; wherein the processing unit is operable, in the learning phase, to determine an identification model by selecting identification model characteristics stored in said directory.