Real time cognitive reasoning using a circuit with varying confidence level alerts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018349774-A1
Application number	US-201715612272-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 2, 2017
Priority date	Jun 2, 2017
Publication date	Dec 6, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Real time cognitive reasoning using a circuit with varying confidence level alerts including receiving a first set of data results and a second set of data results; transferring a first unit of charge from a first charge capacitor on the A-B circuit to a collection capacitor on the A-B circuit for each of the first set of data results that indicates a positive data point; transferring a second unit of charge from a second charge capacitor to the collection capacitor for each of the second set of data results that indicates a positive data point; and triggering a first sense amp on the A-B circuit if the charge on the collection capacitor exceeds a first charge threshold, indicating that the positive data points in the first set of data results is greater than the positive data points in the second set of data results to a first statistical significance with a first confidence level.

First claim

1 - 7 . (canceled)

8 . An apparatus for real time cognitive reasoning using a circuit with varying confidence level alerts, the apparatus comprising a circuit configured to carry out the steps of:
receiving, by an A-B circuit, a first set of data results and a second set of data results, wherein each set of data results comprises binary data points, and wherein the A-B circuit compares the first set of data results to a weighted second set of data results; transferring a first unit of charge from a first charge capacitor on the A-B circuit to a collection capacitor on the A-B circuit for each of the first set of data results that indicates a positive data point, wherein the first unit of charge increases the charge on the collection capacitor; transferring a second unit of charge from a second charge capacitor to the collection capacitor for each of the second set of data results that indicates a positive data point, wherein the second unit of charge decreases the charge on the collection capacitor, and wherein the capacity of the first charge capacitor is different from the capacity of the second charge capacitor; triggering a first sense amp on the A-B circuit if the charge on the collection capacitor exceeds a first charge threshold, indicating that the positive data points in the first set of data results is greater than the positive data points in the second set of data results to a first statistical significance with a first confidence level; and triggering a second sense amp on the A-B circuit if the charge on the collection exceeds a second charge threshold, indicating that the positive data points in the first set of data results is greater than the positive data points in the second set of data results to a second statistical significance with a second confidence level.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , the circuit further configured to carry out the steps of:
resetting the collection capacitor to a midpoint voltage in response to triggering a reset sense amp without resetting a corresponding B-A circuit, wherein the B-A circuit compares the second set of data results to a weighted first set of data results.

10 . The apparatus of claim 8 , the circuit further configured to carry out the steps of:
resetting the collection capacitor to a midpoint voltage in response to triggering the second sense amp; and resetting a corresponding B-A circuit in response to triggering the second sense amp, wherein the B-A circuit compares the second set of data results to a weighted first set of data results.

11 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first charge threshold is between a midpoint voltage and the second charge threshold, and wherein the first sense amp is triggered before the second sense amp is triggered.

12 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the ratio of the capacity of the first charge capacitor and the second charge capacitor to the collection capacitor is a function of a circuit voltage and a statistically significant number of units of charge.

13 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first charge threshold is calculated as a function of a probability range, the first confidence level, and a statistically significant number of units of charge, and wherein the second charge threshold is calculated as a function of a probability range, the second confidence level, and a statistically significant number of units of charge.

14 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the positive data points in the first set of data results indicate a first type of relationship between a first test result and a second test result, and wherein the positive data points in the second set of data results indicate a second type of relationship between the first test result and the second test result.

15 . A computer program product for real time cognitive reasoning using a circuit with varying confidence level alerts, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
receiving, by an A-B circuit, a first set of data results and a second set of data results, wherein each set of data results comprises binary data points, and wherein the A-B circuit compares the first set of data results to a weighted second set of data results; transferring a first unit of charge from a first charge capacitor on the A-B circuit to a collection capacitor on the A-B circuit for each of the first set of data results that indicates a positive data point, wherein the first unit of charge increases the charge on the collection capacitor; transferring a second unit of charge from a second charge capacitor to the collection capacitor for each of the second set of data results that indicates a positive data point, wherein the second unit of charge decreases the charge on the collection capacitor, and wherein the capacity of the first charge capacitor is different from the capacity of the second charge capacitor; triggering a first sense amp on the A-B circuit if the charge on the collection capacitor exceeds a first charge threshold, indicating that the positive data points in the first set of data results is greater than the positive data points in the second set of data results to a first statistical significance with a first confidence level; and triggering a second sense amp on the A-B circuit if the charge on the collection exceeds a second charge threshold, indicating that the positive data points in the first set of data results is greater than the positive data points in the second set of data results to a second statistical significance with a second confidence level.

16 . The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the computer program instructions, when executed, further cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
resetting the collection capacitor to a midpoint voltage in response to triggering a reset sense amp without resetting a corresponding B-A circuit, wherein the B-A circuit compares the second set of data results to a weighted first set of data results.

17 . The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the computer program instructions, when executed, further cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
resetting the collection capacitor to a midpoint voltage in response to triggering the second sense amp; and resetting a corresponding B-A circuit in response to triggering the second sense amp, wherein the B-A circuit compares the second set of data results to a weighted first set of data results.

18 . The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the first charge threshold is between a midpoint voltage and the second charge threshold, and wherein the first sense amp is triggered before the second sense amp is triggered.

19 . The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the ratio of the capacity of the first charge capacitor and the second charge capacitor to the collection capacitor is a function of a circuit voltage and a statistically significant number of units of charge.

20 . The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the first charge threshold is calculated as a function of a probability range, the first confidence level, and a statistically significant number of units of charge, and wherein the second charge threshold is calculated as a function of a probability range, the second confidence level, and a statistically significant number of units of charge.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Erickson Karl R
• Paone Phil C
• Paulik George F
• Paulsen David P
• Sheets Ii John E
• Uhlmann Gregory J

Classifications

• G06N5/02 Primary

  Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation · CPC title

• G08B3/00

  Audible signalling systems, e.g. audible personal calling systems · CPC title

• G06F15/76 Primary

  Architectures of general purpose stored program computers (with program plugboard G06F15/08; multicomputers G06F15/16) · CPC title

• G06J1/00

  Hybrid computing arrangements · CPC title