ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,018, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ATI Technologies ULC (Markham, Canada).

"Safety monitor for image misclassification" was invented by Tung Chuen Kwong (Markham, Canada), Benjamin Koon Pan Chan (Markham, Canada), David Porpino Sobreira Marques (Kleinburg, Canada), Clarence Ip (Markham, Canada) and Hung Wilson Yu (Markham, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a safety monitor framework for a safety-critical inference application are disclosed. A system includes a safety-critical inference application, a safety monitor, and an inference accelerator engine. The safety monitor r...