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Pooling operation device and method for convolutional neural network

US10943166B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Kneron Inc. · US

Inventors

Yuan Du · Los Angeles, US
Li Du · Broomfield, US
Chun-Chen Liu · Hengshan, TW

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 2, 2017
Grant date	Mar 9, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 7, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06N3/063
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A pooling operation method for a convolutional neural network includes the following steps of: reading multiple new data in at least one current column of a pooling window; performing a first pooling operation with the new data to generate at least a current column pooling result; storing the current column pooling result in a buffer; and performing a second pooling operation with the current column pooling result and at least a preceding column pooling result stored in the buffer to generate a pooling result of the pooling window. The first pooling operation and the second pooling operation are forward max pooling operations.

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