Patent ID: 11972345
Assignee: nan
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method executed by an apparatus that includes a loss layer and a plurality of artificial neural networks (ANNs), the method comprising:
receiving, via the loss layer and from a first plurality of ANNs, a plurality of signals representing a first plurality of ANN output pairs uniquely associated with a first label and not associated with a second label different from the first label;
receiving, via the loss layer, from a second plurality of ANNs different from the first plurality of ANNs, and substantially concurrently with the first plurality of ANN output pairs, a signal representing a second plurality of ANN output pairs uniquely associated with the second label and not associated with the first label;
solving a first activation function based on the first plurality of ANN output pairs to produce a first solved activation function;
solving a second activation function based on the second plurality of ANN output pairs to produce a second solved activation function;
calculating, via the loss layer, loss values based on the first solved activation function and the second solved activation function;
generating, via the loss layer, a mask after calculating the loss values, the generating the mask including, for each portion from a plurality of portions included in the mask,
setting an indication that that portion of the mask will not cause an adjustment to a label weighting for at least one of an output pair from the first plurality of ANN output pairs associated with that portion or an output pair from the second plurality of ANN output pairs associated with that portion in response to detecting, a lack of preference between the output pair from the first plurality of ANN output pairs associated with that portion and the output pair from the second plurality of ANN output pairs associated with that portion,
setting an indication that that portion of the mask will cause the adjustment to the label weighting in response to detecting, a preference of the output pair from the first plurality of ANN output pairs associated with that portion over the output pair from the second plurality of ANN output pairs associated with that portion, and
setting the indication that that portion of the mask will cause the adjustment to the label weighting in response to detecting, a preference of the output pair from the second plurality of ANN output pairs associated with that portion over the output pair from the first plurality of ANN output pairs associated with that portion; and

transmitting a signal, including a representation of the mask, from the processor to each of the first plurality of ANNs and the second plurality of ANNs, such that the first plurality of ANNs and the second plurality of ANNs collectively refine a ranking model hosted by the first plurality of ANNs and the second plurality of ANNs.