G
SECTION G — PHYSICS
  
INSTRUMENTS
 G06
COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING (score computers for games A63B 71/06, A63D 15/20, A63F 1/18; combinations of writing appliances with computing devices B43K 29/08)
 G06

Note(s)

  1. Attention is drawn to the notes (particularly the definition of the term "variable") on page [G 3] of this elaboration.
  2. In this class:
    1. The term "data" is understood to be synonymous with "information", and the term "information" is therefore not used in sub-class G06C or G06F.
    2. The terms "calculating" and "computing" are both understood to include, inter alia, operations on numerical values and on data expressed in numerical form; of these words "computing" is used throughout the class. "Computation" is derived from this interpretation of "computing". In the French language the word "calcul" will serve for either word.
    3. In those sub-classes which include simulators:
      1. a simulator in class G06 is concerned with the mathematics of computing the existing or anticipated conditions within the real device or system;
      2. control functions derived from simulators are not in class G06 but are generally in class G05, although they may be in the sub-class for the device controlled;
      3. measurement of an individual variable to serve as an input to a simulator is in class G01;
      4. a simulator is regarded as a teaching or training device proper to class G09 if the simulator gives perceptible sensations having a likeness to the sensations the student would experience in reality in response to actions taken by him. Simulators which demonstrate, by means involving computing, the functioning of apparatus or of a system are in class G06, if no provision exists elsewhere. Components of simulators, if identical with real devices or machines, are classified in the relevant sub-class for these devices or machines and not in class G06 or G09;
      5. a simulator may use the same time scale as the real device or operate on an expanded or compressed time scale;
      6. models of real devices to reduced or expanded scales are not regarded as simulators.
    4. The term "record carrier" is understood to mean 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.
 G06C
DIGITAL COMPUTERS IN WHICH ALL THE COMPUTATION IS EFFECTED MECHANICALLY (score computers for card games A63F 1/18; construction of keys, printing mechanisms, or other parts of general application to the typewriting or printing art B41; keys or printing mechanisms for special applications, see the relevant sub-classes, e.g. G05G, G06K)
 G06C

Note(s)

Details of mechanisms covered in main groups G06C 9/00, G06C 11/00, or G06C 15/00, which are applicable to mechanical counters driven only through the lowest denomination, are classified in sub-class G06M.


 G06D
DIGITAL FLUID-PRESSURE COMPUTING DEVICES
 G06D

Note(s)

This sub-class includes all devices in which at least one computing function is performed by hydraulic or pneumatic means.


 G06F
DIGITAL COMPUTERS IN WHICH AT LEAST PART OF THE COMPUTATION IS EFFECTED ELECTRICALLY; ARRANGEMENTS FOR HANDLING DIGITAL DATA (computers in which a part of the computation is effected hydraulically or pneumatically G06D; self-contained input or output peripheral equipment G06K)
 G06F

Note(s)

In this sub-class, the expression "handling" includes processing or transporting of data.


 G06G
ANALOGUE COMPUTERS

 G06J
HYBRID COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS (analogue/digital conversion or vice versa H03K 13/00)
 G06J

Note(s)

A hybrid computing arrangement is one in which part of the computation is digital and part is analogue.


 G06K
RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (postal sorting B07C)
 G06K

Note(s)

This sub-class covers marking, sensing, and conveying of record carriers, recognising characters and other data, and presenting visually or otherwise the data recognised or the result of a computation.


 G06M
COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (counting by measuring volume or weight of articles to be counted G01F, G01G; computers G06C, G06J; counting electric pulses H03K)
 G06M

Note(s)

This sub-class deals with:

  1. stepping or continuously-moving mechanical counters operated through one or more inputs applied to the lowest order mechanically or electrically;
  2. counting systems involving applications of either mechanical, electrical, or electronic counters.