Patent ID: 11928577
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A method performed by one or more computers for processing an input image using a convolutional neural network to generate a classification output for the input image, the method comprising:
processing the input image using a first convolutional layer configured to receive the input image and to process the input image to generate a first convolved output;
processing the first convolved output through a first max-pooling operation immediately after the first convolutional layer in the convolutional neural network and configured to pool the first convolved output to generate a first pooled output;
processing a first input derived from the first pooled output using a sequence having only a plurality of second convolutional layers that are after the max-pooling layer in the convolutional neural network and configured to receive a first input derived from the first pooled output and to process the first input to generate a second convolved output;
processing an output derived from the second convolved output using one or more fully-connected layers that are after the sequence of second convolutional layers in the convolutional neural network and configured to receive the output derived from the second convolved output and to collectively process the output derived from the second convolved output to generate an initial output for the input image, and
processing at least the initial output using an output layer configured to classify the input image based at least in part on the initial output.