Patents by Inventor Colin McQuillan

Colin McQuillan 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).

  • Buffer Addressing for a Convolutional Neural Network
    Publication number: 20220383067
    Abstract: A method for providing input data for a layer of a convolutional neural network “CNN”, the method comprising: receiving input data comprising input data values to be processed in a layer of the CNN; determining addresses in banked memory of a buffer in which the received data values are to be stored based upon format data indicating a format parameter of the input data in the layer and indicating a format parameter of a filter which is to be used to process the input data in the layer; and storing the received input data values at the determined addresses in the buffer for retrieval for processing in the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Barnard, Clifford Gibson, Colin McQuillan
  • Buffer addressing for a convolutional neural network
    Patent number: 11423285
    Abstract: Input data for a layer of a convolutional neural network (CNN) is provided by receiving input data values to be processed in a layer of the CNN. Addresses in banked memory of a buffer are determined in which the received data values are to be stored based upon format data indicating a format parameter of the input data in the layer and indicating a format parameter of a filter which is to be used to process the input data in the layer. The received input data values are stored at the determined addresses in the buffer for retrieval for processing in the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Barnard, Clifford Gibson, Colin McQuillan
  • Buffer Addressing for a Convolutional Neural Network
    Publication number: 20210390368
    Abstract: A method for providing input data for a layer of a convolutional neural network “CNN”, the method comprising: receiving input data comprising input data values to be processed in a layer of the CNN; determining addresses in banked memory of a buffer in which the received data values are to be stored based upon format data indicating a format parameter of the input data in the layer and indicating a format parameter of a filter which is to be used to process the input data in the layer; and storing the received input data values at the determined addresses in the buffer for retrieval for processing in the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Barnard, Clifford Gibson, Colin McQuillan
  • Buffer addressing for a convolutional neural network
    Patent number: 11100386
    Abstract: Data for layers of a convolutional neural network (CNN) is provided by receiving input data values to be processed in a layer of the CNN and determining addresses in banked memory of a buffer in which the received data values are to be stored based upon format data indicating a format parameter of the input data in the layer and indicating a format parameter of a filter which is to be used to process the input data in the layer. The received input data values are then stored at the determined addresses in the buffer for retrieval for processing in the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Barnard, Clifford Gibson, Colin McQuillan
  • Buffer Addressing for a Convolutional Neural Network
    Publication number: 20180101763
    Abstract: A method for providing input data for a layer of a convolutional neural network “CNN”, the method comprising: receiving input data comprising input data values to be processed in a layer of the CNN; determining addresses in banked memory of a buffer in which the received data values are to be stored based upon format data indicating a format parameter of the input data in the layer and indicating a format parameter of a filter which is to be used to process the input data in the layer; and storing the received input data values at the determined addresses in the buffer for retrieval for processing in the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Barnard, Clifford Gibson, Colin McQuillan