Patent №
US 7,212,959
Granted
2007-05-01
Filed 2001
Owner
BELIEVE, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09925161
A method and apparatus for accumulating arbitrary length strings of input values, such as floating point values, in a layered tree structure such that the order of adds at each layer is maintained. The accumulating utilizes a shared adder, and includes means for directing initial inputs and intermediate result values.
AI classification
AI hardware1.00
Machine learning0.39
Knowledge representation0.03
Evolutionary computation0.00
Natural language0.00
Vision0.00
Speech0.00
Planning0.00
Ownership
BELIEVE, INC.
assignment · 120820247
Assignors
PURCELL, STEPHEN CLARK, KIMURA, SCOTT, WOOD-PATRICK, MARK
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