Neural Network Compressed Sensing Reconstruction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional compressed sensing techniques require numerous optimization steps and re-starts to achieve high-quality reconstruction of high-dimensional data items, consuming significant computational resources and imposing limitations on data efficiency.

Innovation Solution

The deep compressed sensing method employs a generator neural network and a measurement neural network to optimize the reconstruction of data items through a series of optimization steps, using a low-dimensional latent representation and gradient descent to reduce error, allowing for efficient compression and reconstruction of high-dimensional data with fewer computational resources.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If conventional compressed sensing techniques are used to reconstruct high-dimensional data items, then reconstruction quality can be achieved, but the number of optimization steps and re-starts required increases significantly, consuming substantial computational resources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereconstruction qualityVSAvoidcomputational efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces conventional iterative optimization algorithms with a neural network-based approach. The neural network learns to directly map compressed measurements to reconstructed data items, eliminating the need for repeated optimization steps and re-starts. This substitution of mechanical optimization processes with a learned neural network model significantly reduces computational resource requirements while maintaining reconstruction quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The neural network model is pre-trained offline using a large dataset of data items and their corresponding compressed measurements. During training, the network learns optimal reconstruction mappings in advance. When new data items need to be reconstructed, the pre-trained network can immediately provide accurate reconstructions without requiring time-consuming optimization steps, thus achieving both high reconstruction quality and computational efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If conventional compressed sensing techniques are used, then data items can be reconstructed from compressed measurements, but the process requires numerous re-starts and optimization iterations, increasing processing time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereconstruction accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent substitutes iterative optimization processes with a neural network inference approach. The neural network is trained to directly compute reconstructions from compressed measurements in a single forward pass, eliminating the need for repeated optimization iterations and re-starts. This replacement dramatically reduces processing time while maintaining or improving reconstruction accuracy through the network's learned representations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The neural network performs preliminary learning during an offline training phase using extensive data. During this training, the network internalizes optimal reconstruction patterns and relationships between compressed measurements and data items. Consequently, during actual reconstruction tasks, the network can immediately produce accurate results without requiring time-consuming iterative optimization, thus reducing processing time significantly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Quantity of substance

If conventional compressed sensing is used to compress high-dimensional data, then data items can be represented with lower dimensionality, but the reconstruction process becomes computationally intensive requiring many optimization steps

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata dimensionalityVSAvoidcomputational complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces complex iterative optimization algorithms with a neural network-based reconstruction system. The neural network is designed to handle high-dimensional data and compressed measurements efficiently, providing accurate reconstructions through a single forward pass rather than multiple optimization steps. This substitution significantly reduces computational complexity while maintaining the ability to work with high-dimensional data and low-dimensional compressed representations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The neural network performs preliminary computation during training to learn efficient mappings between high-dimensional data and compressed measurements. The training process pre-computes optimal reconstruction strategies and stores them in the network's parameters. During inference, this preliminary learning enables the network to rapidly reconstruct high-dimensional data from compressed measurements without requiring computationally intensive optimization steps, thus reducing overall computational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12032523B2Compressed sensing using neural networks
Publication Date: 2024.07.09 GDM HOLDING LLC
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AI summary

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for compressed sensing using neural networks. One of the methods includes receiving an input measurement of an input data item; for each of one or more optimization steps: processing a latent representation using a generator neural network to generate a candidate reconstructed data item, processing the candidate reconstructed data item using a measurement neural network to generate a measurement of the candidate reconstructed data item, and updating the latent representation to reduce an error between the measurement and the input measurement; and processing the latent representation after the one or more optimization steps using the generator neural network to generate a reconstruction of the input data item.