# US 2014/0156901 A1 · Computing device, a system and a method for parallel processing of data streams > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0156901 A1 - Document ID: US20140156901A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/175,569 - Filed: 2014-02-07 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2009-04-07 - Assignees: Cortica, Ltd. - Applicants: Cortica Ltd. - Inventors: Igal Raichelgauz; Karina Odinaev; Yehoshua Y. Zeevi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140156901A1 ## CPC - G06N 3/063: using electronic means - G06F 9/28: Enhancement of operational speed, e.g. by using several microcontrol devices operating in parallel - G06F 9/30101: {Special purpose registers} - G06F 9/3885: {using a plurality of independent parallel functional units} - G06F 9/3897: {with adaptable data path} - G06N 3/049: Temporal neural networks, e.g. delay elements, oscillating neurons or pulsed inputs - G06N: COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An apparatus for identification of an input data against one or more learned signals is provided. The apparatus comprising a number of computational cores, each core comprises properties having at least some statistical independency from other of the computational, the properties being set independently of each other core, each core being able to independently produce an output indicating recognition of a previously learned signal, the apparatus being further configured to process the produced outputs from the number of computational cores and determining an identification of the input data based the produced outputs. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for processing a data stream, comprising: a processing unit comprised of a plurality of computational cores, each computational core is configured to receive an input data and provide a unique output data, each computational core is randomly programmed prior to receiving the input data to produce the unique output data respective of the input data, wherein at least two of the plurality of computational cores operate in parallel; an input interface configured to receive the data stream and simultaneously provide the received data stream to each of the inputs of the plurality of computational cores; and an output interface configure to simultaneously receive the output data from each of the plurality of computational cores. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: at least one register configured to be updated responsive of the output data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the at least one register contains at least one of: a mode of operation of the plurality of the computation cores, the input data, the output data, and an outcome indication respective of the output data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the outcome indication is at least one of: winner-takes-all, majority voting, and statistical analysis. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the outcome indication is provided respective of a determination whether the plurality of computational cores identified the input data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input data comprises temporal data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the temporal data comprises at least a segment of binary streaming data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to be asynchronously adaptive with respect of the input data. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to perform respective of the input data a task including at least one of: filtering unknown data streams, image recognition, speech recognition, clustering, indexing, routing, video signals analysis, video indexing, categorization, string matching, recognition tasks, verification tasks, tagging, and outliner detection. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input data comprises at least one of: signals, streams of signals, string, regular expression, sensor output signals, database records, processor outputs, naturally structured signals, speech signals, image signals, physiological signals, medical signals, and text signals. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein randomly programming each of the plurality of computational cores comprises: preprogramming each computational core with a respective function. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein a statistical distribution is used to generate the respective function for each of the plurality of computational cores. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the statistical distribution is a Gaussian distribution. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of computational cores is divided to a plurality of subgroups of computational cores, wherein each of the subgroups of computational cores is configured for mapping variants of the input data. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing unit is configured to capture at least one intrinsic dimension of the input data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the computation cores of the processing unit is a leaky integrate-to-threshold unit. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein at least one of the computation cores of the processing unit is a coupling node unit. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the coupling node unit is configured to connect between at least a first leaky integrate-to-threshold unit and a second leaky integrate-to-threshold unit. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) An integrated circuit comprising the apparatus of claim 1. ### Claim 20 A method for processing a data stream, comprising: randomly programming a plurality of computational cores of a processing unit; configuring at least two of the plurality of computational cores to operate in parallel; receiving the data stream; simultaneously providing the received data stream to each of the inputs of the at least two computational cores; and configuring of the at least two computational cores to receive data stream and to provide a unique output data respective of the input data stream.