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Electro-optical device and method for identifying and inducing topological states formed among interconnecting neural modules

A system for monitoring an environment may include an input device for monitoring and capturing pattern-based states of a model of the environment. The system may also include a 5 thalamobot embodied in at least a first …

Granted 2019activeExpires 2035Owned by IndividualInvented by Stephen L. Thaler

Original patent title: “Electro-optical device and method for identifying and inducing topological states formed among interconnecting neural modules

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A system for monitoring an environment may include an input device for monitoring and capturing pattern-based states of a model of the environment. The system may also include a 5 thalamobot embodied in at least a first processor, in which the first processor is in communication with the input device. The thalamobot may include at least one filter for monitoring captured data from the input device and for identifying at least one state change within the captured data. The system may also include at least one critic and/or at least one recognition system.

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    Patent abstract

    A system for monitoring an environment may include an input device for monitoring and capturing pattern-based states of a model of the environment. The system may also include a 5 thalamobot embodied in at least a first processor, in which the first processor is in communication with the input device. The thalamobot may include at least one filter for monitoring captured data from the input device and for identifying at least one state change within the captured data. The system may also include at least one critic and/or at least one recognition system.

    Patent Journey

    From filing to today

    Patent Filed

    2015

    Patent Granted

    2019 · 5yr after filing

    Active Today

    2026

    Expires

    2035

    PatentBrief Score

    Impact Score

    36/ 100

    Early stage

    Citation count

    6/40

    Early citations

    Claim breadth

    20/20

    Very broad protection

    Recency

    10/20

    Granted 5–10 years ago

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    0/20

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