A method and apparatus for determining a closest match of N input patterns relative to R reference patterns using K processing units. Each of a set of input patterns are loaded into the K processing units. One of the Reference patterns is sequentially loaded into each of the processing units and a distance...http://www.google.de/patents/US7366352?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7366352 - Method and apparatus for performing fast closest match in pattern recognition