US 11,948,059 B2
Media capture device with power saving and encryption features for partitioned neural network
Xin Zhang, Chappaqua, NY (US); Xiaodong Cui, Chappaqua, NY (US); and Jin Ping Han, Yorktown Heights, NY (US)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/952,314.
Prior Publication US 2022/0156550 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. G06N 3/04 (2023.01); G06F 1/3246 (2019.01); G06F 1/3287 (2019.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06N 3/04 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3246 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 21/6209 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for power saving and encryption during analysis of media captured by an information capture device using a partitioned neural network, the computer-implemented method comprising:
replicating, by an information capture device, an artificial neural network (ANN) from a computer server to the information capture device, wherein the ANN on the computer server and a replicated ANN on the information capture device, both, include M layers;
in response to captured data being input to be processed, selecting, by the information capture device, a first k layers to execute on the information capture device, and transmitting a value of k to the computer server;
in response to captured data being input to be processed, partially processing, by the information capture device, the captured data by executing the first k layers using the replicated ANN, wherein only the k layers are selected to execute on the information capture device; and
transmitting, by the information capture device, an output of the k-th layer to the computer server, which partially processes the captured data by executing the remainder of the M layers using the ANN and the output of the k-th layer,
wherein the value of k is selected by the information capture device based at least in part on a charge-level of a power source of the information capture device.