Merge device, merge method, and merge program
AssigneeNippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
InventorsShuhei YOSHIDA, Hiroyuki UZAWA, Saki HATTA, Yuya OMORI, Daisuke KOBAYASHI, Ken NAKAMURA, Koyo NITTA
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Abstract
The integration unit 26, using configuration information of the convolutional neural network model and each filter used in each convolutional layer of the convolutional neural network model as inputs, deletes one or more pieces of activation function processing performed between the plurality of convolutional layers and integrates a plurality of filters used in the plurality of convolutional layers.
Claims8
An integration device that integrates a plurality of filters used in a plurality of convolutional layers of a convolutional neural network model for performing inference processing, the integration device comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor being configured to;
- use configuration information of the convolutional neural network model and each of the filters used in each of the convolutional layers of the convolutional neural network model as inputs, and
- delete one or more pieces of activation function processing performed between the plurality of convolutional layers and integrate the plurality of filters used in the plurality of convolutional layers.
An integration method in an integration device that integrates a plurality of filters used in a plurality of convolutional layers of a convolutional neural network model for performing inference processing, the method comprising:
- using configuration information of the convolutional neural network model and each of the filters used in each of the convolutional layers of the convolutional neural network model as inputs;
- and
- deleting one or more pieces of activation function processing performed between the plurality of convolutional layers and integrating the plurality of filters used in the plurality of convolutional layers.
A non-transitory storage medium storing an integration program for integrating a plurality of filters used in a plurality of convolutional layers of a convolutional neural network model for performing inference processing, the program executable by a computer to perform integration processing, the integration processing comprising:
- using configuration information of the convolutional neural network model and each of the filters used in each of the convolutional layers of the convolutional neural network model as inputs;
- and
- deleting one or more pieces of activation function processing performed between the plurality of convolutional layers and integrating the plurality of filters used in the plurality of convolutional layers.
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