Methods of processing and generating image data in a connectionist network

US11379746B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG · BB

Inventors

• Farzin G. Rajabizadeh · Wuppertal, DE
• Narges Milani · Düsseldorf, DE
• Daniel Schugk · Cologne, DE
• Lutz Roese-Koerner · Remscheid, DE
• Yu Su · Wuppertal, DE
• Dennis Mueller · Wellington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 28, 2018
• Grant date: Jul 5, 2022
• Expiry date: May 6, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06V20/584
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of processing image data in a connectionist network comprises a plurality of units, wherein the method implements a multi-channel unit forming a respective one of the plurality of units, and wherein the method comprises: receiving, at the data input, a plurality of input picture elements representing an image acquired by means of a multi-channel image sensor, wherein the plurality of input picture elements comprise a first and at least a second portion of input picture elements, wherein the first portion of input picture elements represents a first channel of the image sensor and the second portion of input picture elements represents a second channel of the image sensor; processing of the first and at least second portion of input picture elements separately from each other; and outputting, at the data output, the processed first and second portions of input picture elements.