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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2021
Applicant:
Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06F 5/01 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); H03H 17/06 (2006.01); H03H 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06F 5/01 (2013.01); H03H 17/06 (2013.01); H03H 2017/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hardware downscaling module and downscaling methods for downscaling a two-dimensional array of values. The hardware downscaling unit comprises a first group of one-dimensional downscalers; and a second group of one-dimensional downscalers; wherein the first group of one-dimensional downscalers is arranged to receive a two-dimensional array of values and to perform downscaling in series in a first dimension; and wherein the second group of one-dimensional downscalers is arranged to receive an output from the first group of one-dimensional downscalers and to perform downscaling in series in a second dimension.