Patent ID: 7167845

Claim:
A method for performing fuzzy procedures in processing devices that provides for calculating a degree of activation of a fuzzy proposition represented by input values, said process comprising: storing, in a medium readable by procesing devices, solve values corresponding to a range of definition of the input values and to an abscissa of the maximum value for a triangular or trapezoidal membership function, the membership function being defined at least in part by the range of definition and the abscissa; and calculating a degree of activation of the fuzzy proposition as a function of said stored solve values eliminating limitations that arise from a maximum number that can be represented using a given number of bits; wherein said storing solve values comprises storing at least one value measured on the abscissa and storing at least one value measured on an ordinate and corresponding to said membership function, and wherein said storing of said solve values corresponding to said membership functions is optimized such that fuzzy rules can be allocated in a smaller amount of the storage medium.