Patents by Inventor Leibin Ni

Leibin Ni has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11853594
    Abstract: A neural network computing chip includes a translation circuit and a computing circuit. After input data is processed by the translation circuit, a value of each element of the data input into the computing circuit is not a negative number, thereby meeting a value limitation condition imposed by the computing circuit on the input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingcheng Hua, Zhong Zeng, Leibin Ni
  • Publication number: 20220374694
    Abstract: A neural network circuit is described that includes a first sample-and-hold circuit, a reference voltage generation circuit, a first comparator circuit, and a first output circuit. The first sample-and-hold circuit generates a first analog voltage based on a first output current output by a first neural network computation array. The reference voltage generation circuit generates a reference voltage based on a first control signal. The first comparator circuit is connected to the first sample-and-hold circuit and the reference voltage generation circuit, and outputs a first level signal based on the first analog voltage and the reference voltage. The first output circuit samples the first level signal based on a second control signal, and outputs a first computation result that meets the first computation precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Bin GAO, Qi LIU, Leibin NI, Kanwen WANG, Huaqiang WU
  • Publication number: 20220262435
    Abstract: This application provides a unit, including a first transistor, a memristor, and a resistance modulation unit, where a first port of the resistance modulation unit and a first port of the memristor are connected to a first electrode of the first transistor, and the first electrode of the first transistor is configured to control the first transistor to be connected and disconnected; the resistance modulation unit is configured to adjust, based on a resistance of the memristor, a voltage applied to the first electrode of the first transistor; where the resistance of the memristor is used to indicate the first data stored by the memristor; and when a voltage used to indicate second data is input to a second electrode of the first transistor which is configured to output a computation result of the first data and the second data from a third electrode of the first transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Jianxing Liao, Wei Wu, Leibin Ni, Kanwen Wang, Rui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220236909
    Abstract: A neural network computing chip and a neural network computing method are provided. The computing chip includes a translation circuit and a computing circuit. After input data is processed by the translation circuit, a value of each element of the data input into the computing circuit is not a negative number, thereby meeting a value limitation condition imposed by the computing circuit on the input data. Therefore, a calculation result can be obtained by performing calculation for only one time, and there is no need to perform calculation for two times. Therefore, neural network computing efficiency is improved, and a delay of a neural network operation is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Xingcheng Hua, Zhong Zeng, Leibin Ni
  • Patent number: 10459724
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a memory device. The memory device includes an RRAM crossbar array that is configured to perform a logic operation, and resistance values of resistors in the RRAM crossbar array are all set to Ron or Roff to indicate a value 1 or 0. Based on the foregoing setting, an operation is implemented using the RRAM crossbar array, so that reliability of a logic operation of the RRAM crossbar array can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hao Yu, Yuhao Wang, Junfeng Zhao, Wei Yang, Shihai Xiao, Leibin Ni
  • Patent number: 10346701
    Abstract: An image recognition accelerator, a terminal device, and an image recognition method are provided. The image recognition accelerator includes a dimensionality-reduction processing module, an NVM, and an image matching module. The dimensionality-reduction processing module first reduces a dimensionality of first image data. The NVM writes, into a first storage area of the NVM according to a specified first current I, ? low-order bits of each numeric value of the first image data on which dimensionality reduction has been performed, and writes, into a second storage area of the NVM according to a specified second current, (N??) high-order bits of each numeric value of the first image data on which dimensionality reduction has been performed. The image matching module determines whether an image library stored in the NVM includes image data matching the first image data on which dimensionality reduction has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Nanyang Technological University
    Inventors: Hao Yu, Yuhao Wang, Leibin Ni, Wei Yang, Junfeng Zhao, Shihai Xiao
  • Publication number: 20180321942
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a memory device. The memory device includes an RRAM crossbar array that is configured to perform a logic operation, and resistance values of resistors in the RRAM crossbar array are all set to Ron or Roff to indicate a value 1 or 0. Based on the foregoing setting, an operation is implemented using the RRAM crossbar array, so that reliability of a logic operation of the RRAM crossbar array can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicants: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Yu, Yuhao Wang, Junfeng Zhao, Wei Yang, Shihai Xiao, Leibin Ni
  • Publication number: 20180012095
    Abstract: An image recognition accelerator, a terminal device, and an image recognition method are provided. The image recognition accelerator includes a dimensionality-reduction processing module, an NVM, and an image matching module. The dimensionality-reduction processing module first reduces a dimensionality of first image data. The NVM writes, into a first storage area of the NVM according to a specified first current I, ? low-order bits of each numeric value of the first image data on which dimensionality reduction has been performed, and writes, into a second storage area of the NVM according to a specified second current, (N??) high-order bits of each numeric value of the first image data on which dimensionality reduction has been performed. The image matching module determines whether an image library stored in the NVM includes image data matching the first image data on which dimensionality reduction has been performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicants: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD., NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hao Yu, Yuhao Wang, Leibin Ni, Wei Yang, Junfeng Zhao, Shihai Xiao