1-13. (canceled)
14. A mobile brain-based device (BBD) for behaving in a real-world environment to integrate a visual scene, comprising:
a. a mobile adaptive device having
i. a visual input sensor for receiving visual information; and
ii. an effector for enabling movement of said mobile adaptive device;
b. a computer-based simulated nervous system modeling the regional and functional neuro-anatomy of the cortical regions of a human brain for visually recognizing and discriminating between different objects within the visual scene, said computer-based simulated nervous system including
i. a first neural area forming a visual system and responsive to visual input from said visual input sensor for producing visual stimuli, said first neural area corresponding to the ventral cortical pathway of the brain for producing visual stimuli;
ii. a second neural area, analogous to an ascending neuromodulatory system, responsive to a real-world salient event experienced by the mobile brain-based device while being mobile in its real-world environment, for producing value stimuli; and
iii. a third neural area, corresponding to the superior colliculus area of the brain and responsive to said visual and value stimuli, for controlling said effector to orient said mobile adaptive device towards the visual input information to said mobile adaptive device;
c. wherein visual recognition and discriminating between different objects is achievable during real-world mobility of said mobile adaptive device through reentrant connectivity of neuronal units within each of said first, second and third neural areas, through reentrant connectivity between said first, second and third neural areas, and through the interaction of local processes, which are activities within each of said first, second and third neural areas, and global processes which create functional neural circuits formed during the real-world operation and having synchronous activity between said first, second and third neural areas;
d. wherein connectivity between said first neural area and said second neural area are value-dependent synaptic plastic connections;
e. wherein connectivity from said first neural area to said third neural area are value-dependent synaptic plastic connections; and
f. wherein connectivity from said second neural area to said third neural area are excitatory synaptic plastic connections.
15. A mobile brain-based device according to claim 14, wherein each said first, second and third neural areas has neuronal units, and wherein said neuronal units in each said area have relative neuronal activity whose timing is represented by a firing rate variable and the relative timing of which is represented by a phase variable, in which similar firing phases of neuronal units in said areas reflect synchronous activity.
16. A mobile brain-based device according to claim 14, wherein said value stimuli modify the strength of the synaptic plastic connections between said first, second and third neural areas to provide for the adaptive behavior of the mobile brain-based device in a real-world environment.
17. A mobile brain-based device according to claim 14, wherein said first neural area corresponds to said vertical cortical pathway having neural areas V1, V2, V4 and IT being coupled in a pathway V1\u2192V2\u2192V4\u2192IT.
18. A mobile brain-based device according to claim 14, wherein each of said first, second and third neural areas includes neuronal units, in which said neuronal units have excitatory synaptic connections amongst themselves, and each of said excitatory synaptic connections are voltage-dependent.
19. A mobile brain-based device according to claim 18, wherein said first, second and third neural areas have reentrant excitatory connections between said areas, and all said reentrant excitatory connections are voltage-dependent.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A mounting apparatus for a circuit board, comprising:
a panel defining a plurality of slots therein;
a support member having one side adapted for positioning the circuit board thereon, and comprising a plurality of catches at an opposite side thereof, the catches slidably engaging in the slots respectively; and
a deflectable clip snappingly engaged between the support member and the panel to retain the support member on the panel, wherein a block is formed on the panel, and the clip has a recessed portion for engaging with the block;
whereby the circuit board is securely mounted to the panel.
2. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the clip comprises a main body fixedly mounted to the support member, and a tab extending from one side of the main body for releasing the support member from the panel.
3. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the support member defines an opening, and the recessed portion extending through the opening and engaging with the block.
4. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the recessed portion comprises an engaging portion abutting the block.
5. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein each of the slots comprises a locking portion, and each of the catches comprises a neck portion engaging in a corresponding locking portion.
6. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the support member comprises a bent plate at a side thereof for facilitating manual operation.
7. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the panel comprises a recessed edge portion, and the block is provided on the recessed edge portion.
8. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the clip is fixedly mounted on the support member.
9. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the clip is deflectable in a vertical direction.
10. A circuit board assembly comprising:
a panel with a block formed thereon;
a circuit board;
a support member fixedly mounted to a solder side of the circuit board, the support member slidably attached to the panel and located between the circuit board and the panel; and
a clip fixedly mounted to the support member, the clip comprising latch means snappingly engaging with the block to prevent the support member from moving in a first direction.
11. The assembly as described in claim 10, wherein the panel defines a plurality of slots therein, and the support member comprises a plurality of catches slidably engaged in the slots respectively.
12. The assembly as described in claim 11, wherein each of the slots has a locking portion, and each of the catches comprises a neck portion engaging in a corresponding locking portion to prevent the support member from moving in a second direction the is opposite to the first direction.
13. The assembly as described in claim 10, wherein the latch means comprises an engaging portion extending from the clip, the engaging portion abutting the block.
14. The assembly as described in claim 10, wherein the panel comprises a recessed edge portion, and the block is provided on the recessed edge portion.
15. The assembly as described in claim 10, wherein the clip comprises a main body fixedly mounted to the support member, and a tab extends from one side of the main body for releasing the support member from the panel.
16. The assembly as described in claim 10, wherein the support member comprises a bent plate at a side thereof for facilitating manual operation.