Feature vector binarization
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/US2024/035313
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2023-06-23
- Filing Date
- 2024-06-24
- Publication Date
- 2025-03-27
AI Technical Summary
Conventional feature vector binarization techniques fail to preserve the relative distance relationships between non-neighboring quantization values, leading to reduced comparison accuracy and performance, especially when using Hamming distance, which results in significant loss of entropy and accuracy in similarity measurements.
The method involves transforming and quantizing feature vectors to generate binarized feature vectors with independent bits, preserving actual distances and allowing for better Hamming distance comparisons by projecting features onto additional coordinate systems and using multiple transforms to recover lost entropy.
This approach improves computer processing speed, reduces power consumption, and enhances the overall performance of artificial intelligence systems by maintaining accurate similarity measurements and reducing the complexity of feature comparisons.