Method for neural network and apparatus performing same method
AssigneesSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Universitaet Zuerich
InventorsJun Haeng Lee, Daniel Neil, Shih-Chii Liu, Tobi Delbruck
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Abstract
A method for operating an artificial neuron and an apparatus for performing the method are provided. The artificial neuron may calculate a change amount of an activation based on an input signal received via an input synapse, determine whether an event occurs in response to the calculated change amount of the activation, and transmit, to an output synapse, an output signal that corresponds to the event in response to an occurrence of the event.
Claims25
A method which is performable by using a neural network, the method comprising:
- determining a current activation of an artificial neuron based on a previous activation of the artificial neuron and an input signal received via an input synapse of the artificial neuron;
- determining a change amount of a first activation based on the determined current activation and a second activation that corresponds to an event that previously occurred due to the artificial neuron;
- determining whether a new event occurs based on a first threshold and the determined change amount of the first activation;
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- transmitting, to an output synapse, an output signal that corresponds to the new event in response to an occurrence of the new event.
An electronic device comprising:
- a plurality of processing components that respectively correspond to artificial neurons,
- wherein each of the processing components includes a respective processor and a respective memory configured to store respective computer-readable instructions, and
- wherein for each respective processor, when the corresponding instructions are executed by the respective processor, the respective processor is configured to:
- determine a current activation based on a previous activation and an input signal received via an input link,
- determine a change amount of a first activation based on the current activation and a second activation that corresponds to an event that previously occurred,
- determine whether a new event occurs based on a first threshold and the determined change amount of the first activation, and
- transmit, to an output link, an output signal that corresponds to the new event in response to an occurrence of the new event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.