Patent ID: 11521060

Abstract:
A machine-learning system includes a quaternion (QT) computation engine. Input data to the QT computation engine includes quaternion values, each comprising a real component and three imaginary components, represented as a set of real-valued tensors. A single quaternion value is represented as a 1-dimensional real-valued tensor having four real-valued components, wherein a first real-valued component represents the real component of the single quaternion value, and wherein a second, a third, and a fourth real-valued component each respectively represents one of the imaginary components. A quaternion-valued vector having a size N is represented as a 2-dimensional real-valued tensor comprising N 1-dimensional real-valued tensors. A quaternion-valued matrix having N×M dimensions is represented as a 3-dimensional real-valued tensor comprising M 2-dimensional real-valued tensors comprising N 1-dimensional real-valued tensors.