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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Murata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsewei Chen, Tokyo, JP;
Motoki Yoshinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes memories hold feature planes each corresponding to a corresponding layer of layers in a neural network, a calculation unit performs calculation processing on the feature planes, and a memory control unit reads a feature plane from any of the memories and input the feature plane to the calculation unit, and writes a feature plane output from the calculation unit to any of the memories. In a case where feature planes corresponding to different layers are connected and the calculation processing is performed, the memory control unit writes the feature planes to be connected, in memories other than a specific memory among the memories, reads the feature planes to be connected, from the memories other than the specific memory and inputs the feature planes to the calculation unit, and writes the feature plane output from the calculation unit in the specific memory.