公开(公告)号：US10387298B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-20

申请号：US15669933

申请日：2017-08-06

Applicant: Hailo Technologies Ltd.

Inventor： Avi Baum ,  Or Danon ,  Mark Grobman ,  Hadar Zeitlin

IPC: G06F12/02 ,  G06N3/063 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F7/501 ,  G06F7/523 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06N3/04 ,  G06F17/10 ,  G06F5/01 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06K9/46 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06N3/02

Abstract: A novel and useful artificial neural network that incorporates emphasis and focus techniques to extract more information from one or more portions of an input image compared to the rest of the image. The ANN recognizes that valuable information in an input image is typically not distributed throughout the image but rather is concentrated in one or more regions. Rather than implement CNN layers sequentially (i.e. row by row) on the input domain of each layer, the present invention leverages the fact that valuable information is focused in one or more regions of the image where it is desirable to apply more attention and for which it is desired to apply more elaborate evaluation. Precision dilution can be applied to those portions of the input image that are not the center of focus and emphasis. A spatial aware function determines the location(s) of the ears of focus and is applied to the first convolutional layer. Dilution of precision is performed either before and/or after the first convolutional layer thereby significantly reducing computation and power requirements.

公开(公告)号：US20180285727A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US15943976

申请日：2018-04-03

Applicant: Hailo Technologies Ltd.

Inventor： Avi Baum ,  Or Danon ,  Hadar Zeitlin ,  Daniel Ciubotariu ,  Rami Feig

IPC: G06N3/063 ,  G06N3/04 ,  G06F7/501 ,  G06F7/523 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F9/50

Abstract: A novel and useful neural network (NN) processing core adapted to implement artificial neural networks (ANNs) and incorporating processing circuits having compute and local memory elements. The NN processor is constructed from self-contained computational units organized in a hierarchical architecture. The homogeneity enables simpler management and control of similar computational units, aggregated in multiple levels of hierarchy. Computational units are designed with minimal overhead as possible, where additional features and capabilities are aggregated at higher levels in the hierarchy. On-chip memory provides storage for content inherently required for basic operation at a particular hierarchy and is coupled with the computational resources in an optimal ratio. Lean control provides just enough signaling to manage only the operations required at a particular hierarchical level. Dynamic resource assignment agility is provided which can be adjusted as required depending on resource availability and capacity of the device.