Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Convolution processing apparatus and method
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Application No.: US15581872Application Date: 2017-04-28
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Publication No.: US10296829B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Hesham Mostafa , Aimar Alessandro
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. , UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si CH Zurich
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si CH Zurich
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2016-0159293 20161128
- Main IPC: G06N3/08
- IPC: G06N3/08 ; G06N3/04 ; G06N3/063

Abstract:
A convolution processing apparatus and method are disclosed. The convolution processing apparatus may include a controller configured to load a pixel of an input image and skip a process associated with the pixel in response to a value of the loaded pixel being 0, a filter bank including at least one filter and configured to extract at least one kernel element corresponding to the pixel from the at least one filter based on an index of the pixel and an input channel of the pixel, and a multiplier-accumulator (MAC) configured to perform a convolution operation based on the value of the pixel and a value of the at least one kernel element and accumulatively store an operation result of the convolution operation, the operation result corresponding to an output image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180150721A1 CONVOLUTION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-05-31
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