Patents by Inventor Hwann-Tzong Chen

Hwann-Tzong Chen 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: 11270207
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a compression method for an artificial neural network are provided. The compression method is adapted for the artificial neural network with a plurality of convolution layers. The compression method includes: setting a first pruning layer for coupling the first pruning layer to Lth convolution layer, where the first pruning layer has a plurality of first weighting values and each of the first weighting values corresponds to each of a plurality of channels of the Lth convolution layer; tuning the first weighting values, selecting a part of the channels of the Lth convolution layer to be at least one first redundancy channel according to the first weighting values, and generating a compressed Lth convolution layer by deleting the at least one first redundancy channel; and removing the first pruning layer, and generating a first compressed artificial neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Chih-Yao Chiu, Tyng-Luh Liu, Hwann-Tzong Chen
  • Publication number: 20200082268
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a compression method for an artificial neural network are provided. The compression method is adapted for the artificial neural network with a plurality of convolution layers. The compression method includes: setting a first pruning layer for coupling the first pruning layer to Lth convolution layer, where the first pruning layer has a plurality of first weighting values and each of the first weighting values corresponds to each of a plurality of channels of the Lth convolution layer; tuning the first weighting values, selecting a part of the channels of the Lth convolution layer to be at least one first redundancy channel according to the first weighting values, and generating a compressed Lth convolution layer by deleting the at least one first redundancy channel; and removing the first pruning layer, and generating a first compressed artificial neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Chih-Yao Chiu, Tyng-Luh Liu, Hwann-Tzong Chen
  • Patent number: 9111344
    Abstract: An image processing method for image alignment, includes sequentially receiving a plurality of images; generating at least one threshold corresponding to each image according to a plurality of intensities of each image of the plurality of images; converting each image according to the thresholds of each image, for generating a plurality of binary images; acquiring a plurality of characteristic pixels of each binary image according to the plurality of binary images; and aligning the plurality of images according to the plurality of characteristic pixels of each binary image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp., Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Pin-Ching Su, Hwann-Tzong Chen, Ming-Feng Chiang
  • Publication number: 20140193098
    Abstract: An image processing method for image alignment, includes sequentially receiving a plurality of images; generating at least one threshold corresponding to each image according to a plurality of intensities of each image of the plurality of images; converting each image according to the thresholds of each image, for generating a plurality of binary images; acquiring a plurality of characteristic pixels of each binary image according to the plurality of binary images; and aligning the plurality of images according to the plurality of characteristic pixels of each binary image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Pin-Ching Su, Hwann-Tzong Chen, Ming-Feng Chiang