Machine Learning Data Generation for Uniform Color Distribution

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing machine learning techniques face reduced learning accuracy due to deviations in color attributes' distribution, particularly hue, in teacher image groups, leading to potential false patterns during deep learning processes like demosaic networks, where robustness is compromised.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus generates a teacher image group with uniform distribution characteristics by analyzing and compensating sparse hue distributions using Computer Graphics (CG) images, ensuring balanced hue, saturation, and luminance attributes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If teacher images are generated by changing image-inherent components (camera parameters, light source parameters), then a sufficient number of teacher images can be secured, but deviation occurs in the distribution of color attributes (hue, saturation, luminance) in the obtained teacher image group

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of teacher imagesVSAvoiddistribution uniformity of color attributes
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary analysis of the color attribute distribution in the generated teacher image group before using them for training. By analyzing the hue, saturation, and luminance distributions in advance, the system identifies deviations and can take corrective actions such as generating additional images with specific color characteristics or adjusting the image generation parameters to achieve more uniform distribution before the training process begins.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adjusts the parameters used in teacher image generation to control and balance the distribution of color attributes. By modifying camera parameters, light source parameters, and other image-inherent components systematically, the system aims to produce a teacher image group with more uniform distribution of hue, saturation, and luminance, thereby resolving the contradiction between quantity and distribution uniformity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If deep learning is performed using teacher image group with deviation in color attributes distribution, then learning can be conducted with sufficient data, but false patterns occur and robustness of trained model is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelearning efficiencyVSAvoidrobustness of trained model
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a feedback mechanism where the distribution characteristics of color attributes in the teacher image group are analyzed and evaluated. Based on this analysis, the system provides feedback to adjust the image generation process or select appropriate subsets of teacher images, ensuring that the training data has balanced color attribute distribution. This feedback loop helps maintain both learning efficiency and model robustness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12067488B2Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium for generating learning data used for machine learning
Publication Date: 2024.08.20 CANON KK
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AI summary

An object is to obtain a trained model whose robustness is high in a case of learning a network in an image signal processing system. For teacher images consisting an acquired teacher image group, a distribution characteristic of at least one of three attributes of color is analyzed and based on analysis results, a teacher image group uniform in the distribution characteristic is generated. Learning of a network is performed by generating a data set including a set of a teacher image and a pupil image from a new teacher image group thus obtained.