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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2008
Kevin Maurice Irick, State College, PA (US);
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, State College, PA (US);
Hankyu Moon, State College, PA (US);
Rajeev Sharma, State College, PA (US);
Namsoon Jung, State College, PA (US);
Kevin Maurice Irick, State College, PA (US);
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, State College, PA (US);
Hankyu Moon, State College, PA (US);
Rajeev Sharma, State College, PA (US);
Namsoon Jung, State College, PA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention is an apparatus and method for object recognition from at least an image stream from at least an image frame utilizing at least an artificial neural network. The present invention further comprises means for generating multiple components of an image pyramid simultaneously from a single image stream, means for providing the active pixel and interlayer neuron data to at least a subwindow processor, means for multiplying and accumulating the product of a pixel data or interlayer data and a synapse weight, and means for performing the activation of an accumulation. The present invention allows the artificial neural networks to be reconfigurable, thus embracing a broad range of object recognition applications in a flexible way. The subwindow processor in the present invention also further comprises means for performing neuron computations for at least a neuron. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is used for object recognition, including face detection and gender recognition, in hardware. The apparatus comprises a digital circuitry system or IC that embodies the components of the present invention.