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METHOD FOR MACHINE RECOGNITION OF CHEMICAL STRUCTURES

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 13894
Amount: $43,102.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1990
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
5080 Shoreham Pl #201
San Diego, CA 92122
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 James R Johnson
 (619) 587-0970
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Abstract

THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE IS TO ENABLE CHEMISTS TO SCAN CHEMICAL STRUCTURES AND HAVE A COMPUTER PROVIDE ACCURATE AND TIMELY IDENTIFICATION OF THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS PROPOSED TO BE DONE BY SCANNING IN A CHEMICAL SYMBOL USING ANORMAL SCANNING PROCESS AND SHIPPING THE RESULTANT DIGITIZEDIMAGE TO A COMPUTER PACKAGE, THE NEOCOGNITRON. THE NEOCOGNITRON IS BASED ON A NEURAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY THAT IS EXCELLENT AT PATTERN RECOGNITION. THE NEOCOGNITRON HAS DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE HANDWRITTEN LETTERS AND NUMBERS. IT WILL BE TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE COMPLEX CHEMICAL SYMBOLS AND TO PROVIDE THE CORRECT CHEMICALREFERENCE NUMBER. THIS WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO A CHEMICAL CATALOG THAT CONTAINS THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE, THE NAME, AND PERTINENT INFORMATION. SCALING AND TRAINING ISSUES WILLBE ADDRESSED IN FITTING THE NEOCOGNITRON TO IDENTIFY CHEMICAL SYMBOLS.

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