An autonomous adaptive agent which can learn verbal as well as nonverbal behavior. The primary object of the system is to optimize a primary value function over time through continuously learning how to behave in an environment (which may be physical or electronic). Inputs may include verbal advice or information from sources of varying reliability as well as direct or preprocessed environmental inputs. Desired agent behavior may include motor actions and verbal behavior which may constitute a s...

A method of speech recognition including receiving speech signals into a front-end processor and storing at least some resources used for speech recognition in a network-attached server. The front-end processor is coupled to the network-attached server to perform the speech recognition.

An autonomous adaptive agent which can learn verbal as well as nonverbal behavior. The primary object of the system is to optimize a primary value function over time through continuously learning how to behave in an environment (which may be physical or electronic). Inputs may include verbal advice or information from sources of varying reliability as well as direct or preprocessed environmental inputs. Desired agent behavior may include motor actions and verbal behavior which may constitute a s...

An autonomous adaptive agent (100) which can learn verbal as well as nonverbal behavior. The primary object of the system is to optimize a primary value function (7) over time through continuously learning how to behave in an environment (which may be physical or electronic). Inputs (1) may include verbal advice or information from sources of varying reliability as well as direct or preprocessed environmental inputs (1C). Desired agent (100) behavior may include motor actions and verbal behavior...

An adaptive agent including an artificial neural network having a plurality of input nodes for receiving input signals and a plurality of output nodes generating responses. A situation value unit receives a plurality of the responses and generating a situation value signal. A change sensor coupled to receive the situation value signal generates an output signal representing a change of the situation value signal from a prior time to a current time. A connection coupling the change sensor output ...

An apparatus to detect stations having duplicated addresses, the stations of the type connected in a computer communications network, the stations of the type capable of having an assigned address and having a list of addresses for comparison with a destination address field of a frame detected on the network is disclosed. The apparatus does a transmit self test, and sets a self indicator to "pass" in the event that the self test frame is received, and sets the self indicator to "timeout" in the...

An aluminum header has spaced inlet and outlet ports formed thereon to closely interfit inlet and outlet tubes. A U-shaped standpipe has one end swaged in the outlet port and the opposite end spaced adjacent the header surface to control flow into the standpipe. A permeable dessicant filled pouch is folded over the standpipe and a deep drawn aluminum canister is received over the pouch and standpipe and welded to the header. An inlet tube with a convolution is received in the inlet port and head...

A container stores a small quantity of air and pumps the air into the idling system of a carburetor when the engine ignition system is turned off. The air reduces the supply of idling fuel to the engine for a time period sufficient to stop engine dieseling. An electrical solenoid valve connected to the engine ignition system controls the injection of the air into the idling passage.

To produce image information from an object it is subjected to a continuous static magnetic field along a Z axis and to sets of sequences of orthogonal gradients G.sub.x, G.sub.y and G.sub.z to the magnetic field. Spins in a selected plane (the X-Z plane) are excited by selective rf pulses and an associated G.sub.y gradient and the selected spins are subjected to all three gradients of which the G.sub.z gradient provides twist or warp to each column of spins extending along the Z axis to phase-e...

A method and apparatus for registering the halftone color separation films used in color picture processing. A digital picture is taken of two register points on each separation film, and the pictures (which may contain register marks) are analyzed by algorithmic processes in order to calculate the movement necessary to register the halftone picture details (or register marks). Based on the calculations, the films are punched to provide a pair of register holes in each film at locations which re...