Feature Representation Adjustment for Small-Sample Classification

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Training machine learning models with a small number of samples is challenging due to the inability to accurately summarize true distribution characteristics, leading to inaccurate model training.

Innovation Solution

Acquire feature representations of samples, adjust them to concentrate same-class distributions and separate different-class distributions, and use these adjusted representations to train a classification model.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a large number of training samples are collected and annotated, then model training accuracy is improved, but cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemodel training accuracyVSAvoidnumber of training samples
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameters of feature representations through adjustment operations, transforming them to better capture distribution characteristics. By adjusting feature representations rather than increasing sample quantity, the system achieves improved model accuracy with fewer samples, directly resolving the contradiction between accuracy and sample quantity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates adjusted feature representations that copy and enhance the essential characteristics of original samples. Through feature adjustment, multiple synthesized feature representations are generated that preserve true distribution characteristics, allowing the model to learn from a smaller number of effective training samples.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Quantity of substance

If a small number of training samples are used, then cost is reduced, but model training accuracy deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of training samplesVSAvoidmodel training accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter adjustment to feature representations to enhance their discriminative capability. By transforming feature parameters to better reflect true distribution characteristics, the system maximizes the information extraction from limited samples, achieving high accuracy despite the small sample size.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces adjusted feature representations as an intermediary between original samples and the classification model. These adjusted features serve as a bridge that enhances the information content, allowing the model to accurately learn patterns from fewer samples by processing enhanced feature representations rather than raw samples directly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If feature representations are adjusted to concentrate same-class distributions, then classification accuracy is improved, but processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveclassification accuracyVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements parameter adjustment operations on feature representations to concentrate same-class distributions and separate different-class distributions. By systematically transforming feature parameters according to defined adjustment rules, the system achieves improved classification accuracy through enhanced feature separability while maintaining manageable processing complexity through structured adjustment mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12455944B2Method, electronic device, and computer program product for analyzing samples
Publication Date: 2025.10.28 EMC IP HLDG CO LLC
  • US12455944B2 patent drawing
  • US12455944B2 patent drawing
  • US12455944B2 patent drawing

AI summary

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for analyzing samples. The method includes acquiring a set of feature representations associated with a set of samples. The set of samples illustratively have classification information for indicating classifications of the set of samples. The method further includes adjusting the set of feature representations so that distances between feature representations of samples corresponding to the same classification are less than a first distance threshold. The method further includes training a classification model based on the adjusted set of feature representations and the classification information. The classification model is illustratively configured to receive an input sample and determine a classification of the input sample. In this manner, a relatively accurate classification model can be trained using a small number of samples, thereby reducing computation time and required computation capacity.