Appeal No. 2000-0866 Page 8
Application No. 08/852,829
Independent claim 1 reads as follows:
A method of manufacturing a sensor for use with a
vehicle component having a controller in communication
with a plurality of physical sensors each generating a
signal indicative of first operating parameters, the
sensor determining values for a second operating
parameter based on values for the plurality of first
operating parameters, the method comprising:
generating test data during operation of the vehicle
component representative of values for the plurality of
first operating parameters for a first set of operating
conditions;
calibrating a simulator for simulating operation of
the vehicle component using the test data;
generating at least one map which characterizes
performance of the vehicle component as a function of
predetermined parameters, the map being based on output
of the simulator for a second set of operating
conditions;
adjusting weights corresponding to nodes of a neural
network based on the at least one map so as to develop a
trained neural network; and
embedding the trained neural network into the
controller by storing a representation of the trained
neural network in computer readable media, the
representation including a plurality of instructions
executable by a microprocessor and data representing the
weights corresponding to the nodes of the neural network,
such that the trained neural network determines values
for the second operating parameter based on values for
the plurality of first operating parameters.
After reviewing the disclosures of the applied prior art,
we reach the conclusion that the subject matter of claim 1 is
not suggested by the applied prior art. In that regard, while
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