Pattern recognition system

A pattern recognition system comprising:

• one or more memories configured to maintain a knowledge element array and logic configured to:
• create a pattern definition comprising a first set of one or more waveform characteristics representing a pattern of interest;
• generate one or more knowledge elements with reference to the pattern definition for inclusion in the knowledge element array, each knowledge element comprising i) one or more operands collectively defining a data vector representing the pattern of interest and ii) a category identifier;
• define a region of search relative to at least one of the waveform characteristics representing the pattern of interest, each occurrence of the region of search representing a data range in which to search for the pattern of interest;
• perform a pattern recognition operation on input vectors derived from waveform data at least partially in an occurrence of the region of search by comparing the input vectors to the one or more knowledge elements of the knowledge element array.

A pattern recognition system comprising one or more memories configured to maintain a knowledge element array comprising a plurality of knowledge elements;

• and logic configured to:
• determine one or more characteristics as features and/or properties of one or more patterns of interest from training examples;
• select one or more channels of a multichannel system in which the determined characteristics are found;
• perform a recognition or learning operation on data from the selected channels.

A pattern recognition system comprising:

• one or more memories configured to maintain a knowledge element array;
• and
• logic configured to:
• receive user input specifying a portion of training data having a pattern of interest;
• extract one or more pattern characteristics from the portion of the training data;
• create a pattern definition comprising the one or more pattern characteristics;
• generate one or more knowledge elements with reference to the pattern definition for inclusion in the knowledge element array, each knowledge element comprising one or more operands collectively defining a data vector representing the pattern of interest;
• and
• perform a pattern recognition operation on input vectors derived from test data by comparing the input vectors to the one or more knowledge elements of the knowledge element array.