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>>From: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: 300+ AI Patents from 1989
Message-ID: <SRCTRAN.91Oct7235529@world.std.com>
Date: 8 Oct 91 04:55:29 GMT
Sender: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian)
Distribution: comp.ai
Organization: The World
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For those concerned about software patents and AI, here's a list of
patents from 1989 dealing with software. I estimate that there are over
2000 AI patents, an incredible number given the impossibility of having
a new (as opposed to evolutionary) idea in AI. Enjoy.
Gregory Aharonian
Source Translation & Optimization
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PATENTS FROM 1989
Titles as they appear in the Patent Office Gazette
ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING
. Set associative memory
. Adaptive associative-processing optical computing architectures
. Associative memory system with spatial light modulator and feedback for
adjustable thresholding and enhancement
BRAIN
. Non-invasive method and apparatus for modulating brain signals through
an external magnetic or electric field to reduce pain
. Method and apparatus for translating the EEG into music to induce and
control various psychological and physiological states and to
control a musical instrument
. Electrical connection device
. Topographical mapping of brain functionality from neuropsychological
test results
. Hearing device
DECISION SYSTEMS
. Method of detecting boundary structures in a video signal
. Voice synthesis utilizing multi-level filter excitation
. Real-time scheduling system
. Fluid distribution to multiple users through distributed
intelligence sub-centers
. Automated production release system
. Expert system for processing errors in a multiplex communications system
. Speech recognition system
. Automatic classification of images
. Document processing system deciding apparatus provided with
selection functions
. Failing resource manager in a multiplex communication system
. Interactive statistical system and method for predicting expert decisions
. Decision and implementation system for medical imaging
. Automated production dispatch system with feedback control
. Image discrimination with continuous tone area thinning
EXPERT SYSTEMS
. Coalescing changes in pattern-directed, rule-based artificial intelligence
production systems
. Interactive transector device commercial and military grade
. Editor for expert system
. Parser for natural language text
. Expert system shell for building photofinishing diagnostic systems
. Expert system with three classes of rules
. Knowledge system with improved request processing
. Expert system for processing errors in a multiplex communications system
. Failing resource manager in a multiplex communication system
. Interactive statistical system and method for predicting expert decisions
. Expert vehicle control system
. Data-driven, functional expert system shell
. Domain independent shell for building a diagnostic expert system
. System and method for network configuration
FUZZY LOGIC
. Powder weighing mixer and method thereof
. Fuzzy logic computers and circuits
. Method of and apparatus for measuring liquid
. Auto-tuning controller using fuzzy reasoning to obtain optimum
control parameters
. Fuzzy logic semifinished integrated circuit
IMAGE ANALYSIS
. Digital image analysis system
. Full page graphics image display data reduction
. Self referencing ambiguity free holography
. Method and method and apparatus for control of light intensity for
image analysis
. Apparatus and method for electronic analysis of test objects
. System and method for determining orientation of planes of imaging
. Method and apparatus for contextual data enhancement
. Vision system for distinguishing touching parts
. DC artifact removal in magnetic resonance imaging
. Motion analysis tool and method therefor
. Method for enhancement of ultrasonic image data
INFERENCE
. Accompaniment line principal tone determination system
. Expert system with three classes of rules
. Powder weighing mixer and method thereof
. Using infrared imaging to monitor and control welding
. Fuzzy logic computers and circuits
. Method of and apparatus for measuring liquid
. Data-driven, functional expert system shell
. Reasoning system for reasoning with uncertainty
. Inference system
. Method for controlling operation of a blast furnace
KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION
. Automated defect recognition system
. Autonomous resource management system with recorded evaluations of
system performance with scheduler control including knowledge
learning function
. Expert system shell for building photofinishing diagnostic systems
. Knowledge system with improved request processing
. Document filing system with knowledge-base network of concept
interconnected by generic, subsumption, and superclass relations
. Knowledge-based system having plural processors
. Method for controlling operation of a blast furnace
LANGUAGE
. Data base management system extending structure
. Stroke typing system
. Electronic dictionary
. Parser for natural language text
. Symbolic language data processing system
. Speech synchronized animation
. Remote language translating device
. Method of operating a computer system to provide customed I/O
information including language translation
. Collocational grammar system
. System of encoding chinese characters according to their patterns
and accompanying keyboard for electronic computer
. Multiple language telephone answering machine
. Interactive speech recognition apparatus
. Method of using a created international language as an intermediate
pathway in translation between two national languages
. Translation system allowing user designation of postpositional words
. Shorthand notation and transcribing method
LEARNING
. N-dimensional coulomb neural network which provides for cumulative
learning of internal representations
. Optimum fast textural feature extractor
. Air/fuel mixture ratio control system for internal combustion engine
with feature of learning correction coefficient including altitude
dependent factor
. Autonomous resource management system with recorded evaluations of
system performance with scheduler control including knowledge
learning function
. Character reading method
. Neural network system for adaptive sensory-motor coordination of
multijoint robots for single postures
. Electronic learning control apparatus for internal combustion engine
. Electronically-controlled, adaptive automatic transmission system
. Neuromorphic learning networks
. Electronic air-fuel ratio control apparatus in internal combustion engine
. Air-fuel ratio control system for an automotive engine
. Fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine
. Method of controlling fuel in an engine
. Engine idling speed controlling system
NEURAL NETWORKS
. N-dimensional coulomb neural network which provides for cumulative
learning of internal representations
. Solitary wave circuit for neural network emulation
. Spike transmission for neural networks
. Parallel neural network for a full binary adder
. Digital adaptive receiver employing maximum-likelihood sequence
estimation with neural networks
. Neural network system for adaptive sensory-motor coordination of
multijoint robots for single postures
. Devices for neural signal transmission
. Neural network model in pattern recognition using probabilistic
contextual information
. Neural networks
. Programmable ferroelectric polymer neural network
. Switched neural networks
. Neural network with dynamic refresh capability
PATTERN RECOGNITION
. Radar detection of hazardous small scale weather disturbances
. Method and apparatus for tracking, mapping and recognition of
spatial patterns
. Pattern recognition apparatus using oscillating memory circuits
. Character reading method
. System for continuous speech recognition through transition networks
. Communications network routing and management system
. Speech recognition system which avoids ambiguity when matching
frequency spectra by employing an additional verbal feature
. Speech recognition system
. Pattern recognizing device
. Optical character reader with skew recognition
. Neural network model in pattern recognition using probabilistic
contextual information
. Error detection circuit
. Apparatus and method for recognizing speech
. Pattern recognition method
. Voice recognizing telephone
. Speech recognition arrangement with preselection
. Image recognition audience measurement system and method
ROBOTICS
. Rotary to linear motion robot arm
. Automated phasing device for phasing wheel attachment bolts and methods
utilizing same
. Electric control apparatus for industrial robot
. Nuclear fuel pellet collating system and method
. Method for positioning a robotic work system
. Robot vision cooling/protection system
. Industrial playback robot having a teaching mode
. Robot for tire building machine and method of operation
. Industrial robot
. Velocity control apparatus
. Deburring robot
. Digital robot control having an improved pulse width modulator
. Deadbeat control of disk drive actuator
. Method for positioning a tool of a multi-joint robot
. Parallel gripper
. Apparatus for mastering a robot
. Industrial laser robot system
. Welding system for hollow thin walled members
. Distributed proximity sensor system having embedded light emitters
and detectors
. Movable accomodation or container in which is arranged apparatus
for automatic milking of an animal
. Robotic product server and system
. Robotic system
. Fluid distribution to multiple users through distributed
intelligence sub-centers
. Object collision detection method and apparatus
. Control system for an industrial robot
. Apparatus and method for mounting window glasses on automobile
. Polishing robot and polishing method using the same
. Failsafe brake for a multi-wheel vehicle with motor controlled steering
. Industrial robot control device
. Portable robot with automatic set-up
. Method for controlling operation of industrial robot
. Visual navigation system for a mobile robot having capabilities
of regenerating of hidden images
. Variable compliance device
. Robot positioner and seal arrangement for a closed chamber
. Melt indexer system with robot operation
. Automatic tool changer for workpiece processing machines
. Locus interpolation device
. Neural network system for adaptive sensory-motor coordination of
multijoint robots for single postures
. Paint-coating brush
. Vehicle automatic fueling assembly
. Apparatus for inspecting wafers
. Robot system for forming a structural component of a preimpreganted
fiber reinforced tape
. Three-dimensional measuring robot
. Robot arm with an assembly flange for tools
. Wafer centration device
. Stepping motor control
. Ultrasonic scanning system
. Dextrous spherical robot wrist
. Robot gripper passively locked
. Method for determining points in space guiding the movement of a robot arm
. Three-dimensional position sensor and three-dimensional position
setting system
. Method and apparatus for assembling an instrument panel in an automobile
. Apparatus for dealing with cables in industrial robots
. Method for assembling associated components
. Novel automatic tool changer
. Robot apparatus
. Position and velocity feedback system for a digital robot control
. Circuit location sensor for component placement apparatus
. Vision system for distinguishing touching parts
. Manipulator with rod mechanism
. Digital robot control providing pulse width modulation for a
brushless DC drive
. Magnetically levitated fine motion robot wrist with programmable
compliance
. Locomotion-command method for mobile robots
. Apparatus for installing bearings on engine components
. Support for a gripper for an industrial robot
. Robot control apparatus for controlling a manipulator through a
robot arm having a plurality of axes
. Device for forecasting breakage cables in an industrial robot
. Method and apparatus for reconstructing three-dimensional surfaces
from two-dimensional images
. Drill inspection and sorting method and apparatus
. Method and apparatus for applying sealing material to automotive
vehicle bodies
. Laser beam robot for cutting and welding
. Method and apparatus for controlling a welding robot forming a
nonuniform weld satisfying predetermined criteria related to
an interspace between elements being welded
. Water jet trim head simulator
. Coupling method and apparatus for use with robotic devices and the like
. Communication interface for multi-microprocessor servo control in
a multi-axis robot control system
. Industrial robot device including a robot and a processing machine
. Multiprocessor position/velocity servo control for multiaxis
digital robot control system
. Apparatus for cleaning a textile machine comprising a plurality
of operating positions
. Robot articulation joint
. Gripper head
. Industrial robot adjustment device
. Gas laser device
. Equipment for automatic personalizing of credit cards
. Drilling derrick device
. Support for a gripper
. Multiprocessor torque servo control for multiaxis digital robot
control system
. Method for coordinated control of motion devices
. Multiaxis robot control having improved energy monitoring system
for protecting robots against joint motor overload
. Display unit for controlling pattern printing
. Automated cartridge system
. Lifting hand for a punch press tool changer
. Passive actuator to maintain a constant normal cutting force during
robotic deburring
. Clutch for robot or like
. Offset mechanical gripper
. Method and apparatus for the injection molding of circuit boards
. Resistance spot welding gun and transformer assembly
. Sonic positioning device
. Arm structure for an industrial robot
. Overload protector for a robot arm
. Method and apparatus for adaptive force and position control of
manipulators
. Robotic hand with shape determination capabilities
. Robotic workcell control system having improved input/output
interfacing for better workcell operation
. Robotic vision system
. Robotic ultrasonic cleaning and spraying device for ships' hulls
. Riveting process and apparatus
. Method and system for loading wafers
. Robotic accessible wafer shipper assembly
. Gripper device
. Dual port alignment assembly station for attaching components to
circuit boards
. Robotic airbrush apparatus
. Robotic crawling device
. Mechanical fingers for dexterity and grasping
. Wrist mechanism for robotic manipulations
. Robotic pipe crawling device
. Double-ended termination and routing arrangement for an automated
wiring system
. Water cooled semi-automatic welding gun
. Article vending machine employing unique robotic arm and the
robotic arms employed therein
. Robotic gripper head
. Gripping device
. Sealant flow control for robotic applications
RULE BASED SYSTEMS
. Speech synthesis system by rule using phonemes as systhesis units
. System and method for preprocessing and transmitting echo waveform
information
. Coalescing changes in pattern-directed, rule-based artificial
intelligence production systems
. Diagnostic configuration management for a data processing system
. Computer speech system
. Using infrared imaging to monitor and control welding
. Fiber optic solder joint inspection system
. Document processing system deciding apparatus provided with
selection functions
. Method of starting thermal power plant
. Automated production dispatch system with feedback control
. Domain independent shell for building a diagnostic expert system
. Processing method and processor for machine translation
. Auto-tuning controller using fuzzy reasoning to obtain optimum
control parameters
. Speech synthesis system of rule-synthesis type
. Reasoning system for reasoning with uncertainty
SPEECH RECOGNITION AND GENERATION
. Digital speech interpolation system and speech detector
. Noise compensation in speech recognition apparatus
. Industrial playback robot having a teaching mode in which teaching
data are given by speech
. Method and apparatus of rejecting false hypotheses in automatic
speech recognizer systems
. Speech synthesis system by rule using phonemes as systhesis units
. Digital speech coder having improved vector excitation source
. Automatic validation of telephone account numbers
. Speech coding transmission equipment
. Voice synthesis utilizing multi-level filter excitation
. Computer speech system
. System for continuous speech recognition through transition networks
. Speech synchronized animation
. Processing of acoustic waveforms
. Apparatus for speech recognition
. Synthesized speech-facilitated product
. Speech recognition system which avoids ambiguity when matching
frequency spectra by employing an additional verbal feature
. Speech recognition system
. Method for extracting formant frequencies
. Synthesizing word baseforms used in speech recognition
. Speech recognition system
. Parallel processing pitch detector
. Speech recognition system
. Speech recognition system with an accurate recognition function
. ASCII LPC-10 conversion
. Method for entering digit sequences by voice command
. Vector excitation speech or audio coder for transmission or storage
. Sub-band speech analyzing and synthesizing device
. Apparatus and method for recognizing speech
. Apparatus for extracting features from a speech signal
. Interactive speech recognition apparatus
. Method for performing time-scale modification of speech information
or speech signals
. Method of recognizing a control command in a system, and interactive
system for carrying out the method
. Speech synthesis system of rule-synthesis type
. Binary autocorrelation processor
. Speech recognition arrangement with preselection
. Method of evaluating speech
THEOREM PROVING
. Digital circuit design verification
VISION
. Robot vision cooling/protection system
. Robotic vision system
. Computer vision system with improved object orientation technique
. Machine vision system for position sensing
. Method and apparatus for automatically inspecting and classifying
different objects
. Method and apparatus for the perception of computer-generated imagery
. Method and apparatus for differentiating a planar textured surface
from a surrounding background
. Vision system for distinguishing touching parts
. Workstation for a vision-impaired user with interface for selectively
feeding display data from a bus or a connected computer
. Dual port alignment assembly station for attaching components to
circuit boards
. Machine vision process and apparatus for reading a plurality of
separated figures
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