Patent Document ID: 5535303
Application ID: 08202708
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A "barometer" neuron for a track-while-scan neural network that has a plurality of interconnected neurons positioned in a row-and-column orientation where the neural network generates at least one input signal which represents an imbalance or instability between neural network excitation and inhibition, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the "barometer" neuron comprises: a) first means for generating a standard level of inhibition signal which represents the level of inhibition of a "perfect" pair of interconnected track and plot neurons having a total distance therebetween equal to zero, b) said first means for further measuring both the neural network input signal and said standard level of inhibition signal, and for generating a first output signal having a value that represents the difference in values between the neural network input signal and said standard level of inhibition signal, and c) second means for generating a second output signal having a value equal to the difference between said standard level of inhibition signal and said first output signal to adjust the neural network.