Adaptive recognition system for recognizing similar patterns

Claim 1

AN ADAPTIVE RECOGNITION SYSTEM COMPRISING ADAPTIVE MEANS, INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF BI-STABLE ELEMENTS, RESPONSIVE TO AT LEAST ONE CODED SIGNAL OF THE TYPE COMPOSED OF N CODE BITS BEING IN EITHER A FIRST OR SECOND BINARY STATE, SAID MEANS INDIVIDUALLY COMPARING ECH BIT OF SAID CODED SIGNAL WITH ITSELF AND THE OTHER OF THHE N BITS OF SAID AT LEAST ONE CODED SIGNAL AND ESTABLISHING A FIRST STABLE STATE IN A SEPARATE ONE OF SAID BI-STABLE ELEMETNS FOR EACH COMPARISON OF EACH OF SAID CODE BITS IN SAID FIRST BINARY STATE IN COMBINATION WITH ITSELF AND THE OTHER ONES OF THE N BITS ALSO IN SAID FIRST BINARY STATE, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING AT LEAST ONE FURTHER CODED SIGNAL OF THE TYPE COMPOSED OF N CODE BITS BEING IN EITHER A FIRST OR SECOND BINARY STATE TO SAID BI-STABLE ELEMENTS, SAID ONES OF SAID BI-STABLE ELEMENTS IN SAID FIRST STABLE STATE PRODUCING AN OUTPUT SIGNAL IN RESPONSE TO SAID BITS OF SAID FURTHER CODED SIGNAL IN SAID FIRST BINARY STATE, FIRST SUMMING MEANS FOR SUMMING SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS PRODUCED BY SAID BI-STABLE ELEMENTS INTO A PLURALITY OF SUB-GROUPS AND PRODUCING OUTPUT SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF SELECTED ONES OF SAID SUB-GROUPS, SECOND SUMMING MEANS FOR SUMMING SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS FROM SAID SELECTED ONES OF SAID SUB-GROUPS, THIRD SUMMING MEANS FOR SUMMING SAID CODE BITS IN SAID FIRST BINARY STATE OF SAID AT LEAST ONE FURTHER CODED SIGNAL, AND MEANS FOR COMPARING THE OUTPUTS OF SAID SECOND AND THIRD SUMMING MEANS FOR PRODUCING AN OUTPUT SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN SAID AT LEAST ONE CODED SIGNAL AND SAID AT LEAST ONE FURTHER CODED SIGNAL.