Neurite systems

A neurite system comprising:

• one or more sensor conversion units, wherein each of the sensor conversion units are configured to:
• receive inputs from an external environment and controlled equipment,
• create pulses based on the received inputs, and
• provide the pulses to, a neurite core;
• the neurite core comprising a plurality of neurites, wherein the neurite core is configured to:
• receive the pulses from the one or more sensor conversion units,
• transmit the pulses to one or more other neurites in the neurite core,
• create second pulses based on pulses received from sensor conversion units and other neurites in the neurite core, and
• transmit the second pulses to one or more output conversion units;
• and
• the one or more output conversion units configured to:
• receive the second pulses from neurites in the neurite core, and
• provide output signals to one or more output devices.

A sensor conversion unit comprising:

• an input section configured to:
• receive one or more inputs from a sensor that senses a physical phenomenon, and
• transmit the one or more inputs to a processing section;
• a processing section configured to produce one or more pulses that are a function of the input;
• and
• an output section configured to transmit the one or more pulses to a neurite.

An output conversion unit comprising:

• an input section configured to receive one or more pulses from one or more neurites;
• a processing section configured to convert the received one or more pulses into electrical or physical signals;
• and
• an output section that provides electrical or physical signals to one or more output devices.

A method of processing input voltages, the method comprising:

• receiving, by an input section, an input voltage;
• amplifying, by the input section, the input voltage by a weight into a weighted voltage rate of change;
• receiving a weighted voltage rate-of-change by a firing center, the firing center comprising an existing instantaneous voltage and a trigger firing voltage;
• determining, by the firing center in any period of time, a new instantaneous voltage based on the existing instantaneous voltage, the weighted voltage rate-of-change, and the period of time;
• transmitting, by the firing center, a pulse trigger to an output section when the new instantaneous potential rises to or above the trigger firing voltage;
• resetting, by the firing center, the new instantaneous voltage to zero or a preset value;
• and
• receiving, by an output section, the pulse trigger, and
• transmitting, by the output section, an output voltage pulse for a finite duration to one or more branches.

A method of local weight modification in elements that amplify input voltages by weights, through the use of a learning module associated with an element, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the learning module associated with the element, a stimulation from another source;
• remaining stimulated for a time duration during which the learning module causes or enables weights to be modified;
• and
• modifying the weight assigned to input voltages by the element that amplifies the input voltages by weights.

A method of sequenced, coordinated, and timed action using a sequence of action-initiating elements interspersed with variable timing elements that are fed by time delay and enhancement source, the method comprising:

• loading the variable timing elements with time delays or enhancements from a variable time delay and enhancement source;
• initiating an action-initiating sequence element;
• initiating a variable timing element by the action-initiating sequence element;
• and
• initiating the next action-initiating sequence element by the variable timing element.

A method of associating a source with an association target, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a learning neurite that fires an output to an association target, a learning cue;
• receiving, by the learning neurite, an input from the source;
• and
• increasing, by the learning neurite, the weight applied to the input received from the source;
• wherein later output from the source causes the learning neurite to stimulate the association target.

A method of associating a new source with an association target so that the new source evokes the same response as the original association source, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a learning module of a learning neurite that fires an output to the association target, a pulse from the original association source that also fires a pulse to the association target;
• receiving by the learning neurite a voltage input from the new source;
• and
• increasing a weight applied to the voltage input from the new source;
• wherein later output from the new source causes the learning neurite to stimulate the association target.

A method for change or motion detection in a field, the method comprising:

• initiating, by a first field element, a first time sequence of events;
• stimulating, by an element of the first time sequence of events, a comparison element;
• inhibiting the comparison element by a same amount by a subsequent element in the first time sequence of events;
• initiating, by a second field element, a second time sequence of events;
• stimulating the comparison element, by an element of the second time sequence of events, more strongly than the element of the first time sequence of events;
• firing, by the comparison element;
• and
• inhibiting the comparison element by the same amount as the stimulation by the element of the second time sequence of events, by a subsequent element in the second time sequence of events.

A method for pattern matching from incomplete patterns, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a pattern matching unit, inputs from sufficient elements of a pattern to make the pattern matching unit fire at a low level;
• firing, by a low level output of the pattern matching unit, stimulating inputs to the elements of the pattern, sufficient to enhance first firing rates of the elements of the pattern;
• and
• firing, at a high rate output of the pattern matching unit, in response to high rate outputs of the elements of the pattern firing at higher rates than the first firing rates.

A method of reciprocal memory wherein activation of a composite memory stimulates the individual memory elements that originally produced the composite memory, the method comprising:

• forming the composite memory, wherein forming the composite memory further comprises:
• stimulating a first element by the individual memory elements,
• reinforcing the pathways from the individual memory elements to the first element,
• stimulating a second element by the first element,
• reinforcing a second pathway from the first element to the second element,
• stimulating a target composite memory by the second element,
• stimulating the second element by the target composite memory,
• reinforcing a third pathway from the target composite memory to the second element,
• stimulating the first element by the second element,
• reinforcing a fourth pathway from the second element to the first element,
• stimulating the individual memory elements by the first element,
• reinforcing the pathways from the first element to the individual memory elements;
• and
• activating the individual memory elements from the composite memory, wherein the activating further comprises:
• activating the composite memory,
• activating the second element by the composite memory,
• activating the first element by the second element, and
• activating the individual memory elements by the first element.

A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that if executed enables a computing system to:

• receive an input voltage;
• amplify the input voltage by a weight into a weighted voltage rate-of change;
• determine a new instantaneous voltage based on the existing instantaneous voltage, the weighted voltage rate-of-change, and the period of time;
• transmit to one or more branches an output voltage pulse having a finite duration.