Computer-implemented data processing method, micro-controller system and computer program product for applying pooling with respect to an output buffer in a neural network

Abstract

A computer-implemented method applies a pooling operator to an input array of data, the pooling operator having an absorbing element value and a set of pooling parameters. A size of an output buffer is computer as a function of the set of pooling parameters. The elements of the output buffer are initialized to the value of the absorbing element of the pooling operator. The output array of data is generated by, for a plurality of iterations associated with respective pooling windows: associating, as a function of the pooling parameters, elements of the input array of a pooling window with output elements of the output buffer; and combining, for each output element of the output buffer, the respective input elements associated with the output element. The combining may include determining a combination of respective elements of the output buffer with the input elements associated with the output elements.