Patent ID: 11915128
Assignee: TOKYO ARTISAN INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A neural network circuit device including at least an input layer, one or more intermediate layers, and an output layer, the neural network circuit device comprising, in the one or more intermediate layers:
an input value Xi to which convolution is applied;
a convolution operation circuit configured to receive a weight Wi and to perform a convolution operation thereof;
a sum circuit configured to take a sum of operation values each subjected to the convolution operation and a bias W0; and
an activating function circuit configured to convert a signal Y generated by taking the sum, using an activating function f(u),
wherein the convolution operation circuit is configured to skip a weight Wi having a zero weight and to perform a convolution operation based on a nonzero weight and an input value Xi corresponding thereto.