IPC 6 English version  Class G06
SECTION G– PHYSICS

G 06

COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING (score computers for games A 63 B 71/06, A 63 D 15/20, A 63 F 1/18; combinations of writing implements with computing devices B 43 K 29/08)

Notes

(1)

This class covers:

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simulators which are concerned with the mathematics of computing the existing or anticipated conditions within the real device or system;

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simulators which demonstrate, by means involving computing, the function of apparatus or of a system, if no provision exists elsewhere;

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image data processing or generation.

(2)

This class does not cover:

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control functions derived from simulators, in general, which are covered by class G 05, although such functions may be covered by the subclass of this class for the device controlled;

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measurement or analysis of an individual variable to serve as an input to a simulator, which is covered by class G 01;

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simulators regarded as teaching or training devices which is the case if they give perceptible sensations having a likeness to the sensations a student would experience in reality in response to actions taken by him. Such simulators are covered by class G 09;

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components of simulators, if identical with real devices or machines, which are covered by the relevant subclass for these devices or machines (and not by class G 09).

(3)

In this class, the following terms or expressions are used with the meanings indicated:

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"data" is used as the synonym of "information". Therefore, the term "information" is not used in subclass G 06 C or G 06 F;

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"calculating" or "computing" includes, inter alia, operations on numerical values and on data expressed in numerical form. Of these terms "computing" is used throughout the class;

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"computation" is derived from this interpretation of "computing". In the French language the term "calcul" will serve for either term;

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"simulator" is a device which may use the same time scale as the real device or operate on an expanded or compressed time scale. In interpreting this term models of real devices to reduced or expanded scales are not regarded as simulators;

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"record carrier" means a body, such as a cylinder, disc, card, tape, or wire, capable of permanently holding information, which can be read-off by a sensing element movable relative to the recorded information.

(4)

Attention is drawn to the Notes following the title of section G, especially as regards the definition of the term "variable".

G 06 C

DIGITAL COMPUTERS IN WHICH ALL THE COMPUTATION IS EFFECTED MECHANICALLY (score computers for card games A 63 F 1/18; construction of keys, printing mechanisms, or other parts of general application to the typewriting or printing art B 41; keys or printing mechanisms for special applications, see the relevant subclass, e.g. G 05 G, G 06 K; cash registers G 07 G 1/00) [4]

G 06 D

DIGITAL FLUID-PRESSURE COMPUTING DEVICES

G 06 E

OPTICAL COMPUTING DEVICES (optical logic elements per se G 02 F 3/00; digital storage using optical elements G 11 C 13/04) [5]

G 06 F

ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computers in which a part of the computation is effected hydraulically or pneumatically G 06 D, optically G 06 E; self-contained input or output peripheral equipment G 06 K; impedance networks using digital techniques H 03 H)

G 06 G

ANALOGUE COMPUTERS (analogue optical computing devices G 06 E 3/00)

G 06 J

HYBRID COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS (optical hybrid computing devices G 06 E 3/00; neural networks for image data processing G 06 T; analogue/digital conversion, in general H 03 M 1/00)

G 06 K

RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (postal sorting B 07 C; secondary surveillance radar G 01 S; detecting presence of transponders or tags G 01 S, G 01 V)

G 06 M

COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (counting by measuring volume or weight of articles to be counted G 01 F, G 01 G; adaptation of counters to electricity meters in electromechanical arrangements for measuring time integral of electric power or current G 01 R 11/16; computers G 06 C to G 06 J; counting electric pulses H 03 K; counting characters, words or messages in switching networks for transmission of digital information H 04 L 12/08; metering arrangements in telephonic systems H 04 M 15/00)

G 06 T

IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL (specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. G 06 K, G 09 G, H 04 N) [6]
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