Patent ID: 11941859
Assignee: SICK AG
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. A method for processing image data with a plurality of pixels, comprising the steps of:
reading out the image data from an image sensor (24) in an image data stream of groups of adjacent pixels using a first processing unit (30);
processing the image data by means of a neural network (38) comprising a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) implemented on at least one of the first processing unit (30) and a second processing unit (32); and
storing at least one of the image data and processing results in a memory (34), wherein the first processing unit (30) starts processing groups of pixels with at least a first layer (42) of the neural network while further groups of image data are still being read out from the image sensor (24), thereby implementing on-the-fly or pipelined processing of data layers while still processing additional data layers, and wherein the second processing unit (32) comprises a classical decoder (40) operating without the neural network for reading codes (20), and at least one of further layers (44) of the neural network and/or a further neural network are implemented on the second processing unit (32) in order to further process at least one of the image data and the processing results of the first processing unit (30).