DATA CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

The present invention relates to data classification apparatus (10). The data classification apparatus (10) comprises a data processor (13) operative to present a classification input, which corresponds to data to be classified, to each of a plurality of neural networks (15). Each neural network of the plurality of neural networks (15) has a different response characteristic corresponding to a different, predetermined classification, with each neural network being operable to produce a network output in dependence upon the neural network's response characteristic and the received classification input. The data classification apparatus also has a classification processor (17) operable to receive a network output from each neural network of the plurality of neural networks (15) and, in dependence upon at least one received network output, to determine if the classification input belongs to at least one of the plurality of different, predetermined classifications.