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. This class covers:
    • simulators which are concerned with the mathematics of computing the existing or anticipated conditions within the real device or system;
    • simulators which demonstrate, by means involving computing, the function of apparatus or of a system, if no provision exists elsewhere.
  2. This class does not cover:
    • control functions derived from simulators, in general, which are covered by class G05, although such functions may be covered by the subclass of this class for the device controlled;
    • measurement of an individual variable to serve as an input to a simulator, which is covered by class G01;
    • 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 G09;
    • components of simulators, if identifical with real devices or machines, which are covered by the relevant subclass for these devices or machines (and not by class G09).
  3. In this class, the following terms or expressions are used with the meanings indicated:
    • "data" is used as the synonym of "information". Therefor the term "information" is not used in subclass G06C or F;
    • '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;
    • "computation" is derived from this interpretation of "computing". In the French language the term "calcul" will serve for either term;
    • "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;
    • "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".
 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 subclass, e.g. G05G, G06K; cash registers G07G 1/00)
 G06C

Note(s)

This subclass does not cover details of mechanisms covered by main groups G06C 9/00, G06C 11/00 or G06C 15/00, which are applicable to mechanical counters driven only through the lowest denomination. Such details are covered by subclass G06M.


 G06D
DIGITAL FLUID-PRESSURE COMPUTING DEVICES
 G06D

Note(s)

This subclass covers 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; impedance networks using digital techniques H03H)
 G06F

Note(s)

In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:

  • "handling" includes processing or transporting of data.


 G06G
ANALOGUE COMPUTERS

 G06J
HYBRID COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS (analogue/digital conversion, in general H03M 1/00)
 G06J

Note(s)

In this subclass, the following expression is used with the meaning indicated:

  • "hybrid computing arrangement" is an arrangement 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)

  1. This subclass covers:
    • marking, sensing, and conveying of record carriers;
    • recognising characters or other data;
    • presenting visually or otherwise the data recognised or the result of a computation.
  2. This subclass does not cover printing per se.

 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 subclass covers:

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