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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2021
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Dirk Staneker, Tübingen, DE;
Hans-Georg Horst, Leonberg, GA (US);
Nicolai Wacker, Flein, DE;
Thomas Matschke, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Wolfgang Dressler, Vaihingen/Enz, DE;
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for the inference computation of a plurality of neural networks on a hardware platform. Each of the neural networks comprise a plurality of neurons, which respectively aggregate inputs into a network input using a transfer function characterized by weights and process this network input into an activation using an activation function. The method includes: identifying at least one unit, which comprises one or multiple transfer functions and/or complete neurons and exists in at least two of the networks in the same form or in a form that is similar according to a predefined criterion; performing a single inference computation for the unit on the hardware platform so that the unit provides a set of outputs; processing this set of outputs in the respective networks as an output of the unit. A method for the simultaneous execution of multiple applications is also provided.