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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Marshall Friend Tappen, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Avinash Aghoram Ravichandran, Seattle, WA (US);
Hakan Boyraz, Seattle, WA (US);
Baoyuan Liu, Orlando, FL (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Image classification and related imaging tasks performed using machine learning tools may be accelerated by using one or more of such tools to associate an image with a cluster of such labels or categories, and then to select one of the labels or categories of the cluster as associated with the image. The clusters of labels or categories may comprise labels that are mutually confused for one another, e.g., two or more labels or categories that have been identified as associated with a single image. By defining clusters of labels or categories, and configuring a machine learning tool to associate an image with one of the clusters, processes for identifying labels or categories associated with images may be accelerated because computations associated with labels or categories not included in the cluster may be omitted.