Semiconductor device, image segmentation method, and image processor
US9430845B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 4, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 4, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20112
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A semiconductor device in which components each serving as a basic constitutional unit are arranged in order to find a solution of an interaction model. The semiconductor device includes multiple units each of which has: a first memory cell for scoring a value indicating a state of one node of the interaction model; a second memory cell for storing an interaction coefficient indicating an interaction from another node connected to the one node; a third memory cell for storing a flag for fixing a value of the first memory cell; a first arithmetic circuit that decides a next state of the one node based on a value indicating a state of the other node and the interaction coefficient; and a second arithmetic circuit that decides whether or not to record a value indicating the next state in the first memory cell according to a value of the flag.
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