Sony patents method to send AI data in smaller chunks on demand
Sony describes a system where a device sends reduced versions of data to an AI model in small, sequential steps. The receiving AI checks if it has enough information to make a decision and asks for more data only if needed.
In the filing’s own words
A transmission entity includes a generator; and a request receiver that receives feedback information based on whether there is a need for an additional piece of input data. A reception entity includes a data receiver that sequentially receives pieces of input data of a plurality of pieces of input data; an inference section that sequentially inputs the pieces of input data of the plurality of pieces of input data to a multi-input AI/ML model to sequentially acquire inference values of a plurality of inference values; an output section that sequentially updates inference results on the basis of the respective inference values of the plurality of inference values to output the updated inference results; a determination section that determines whether there is a need for an additional piece of input data from among the plurality of pieces of input data; and a request transmitter that transmits feedback information.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A transmission entity used for an AI/ML application, the transmission entity comprising: an acquisition section that acquires original input data; a generator that generates, from the original input data, a plurality of pieces of input data with reduced data amounts; a data transmitter that sequentially transmits pieces of input data of the plurality of pieces of input data; and a request receiver that receives feedback information based on whether there is a need for an additional piece of input data from among the plurality of pieces of input data.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- TRANSMISSION ENTITY, RECEPTION ENTITY, DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR AI/ML APPLICATION
- Publication number
- US20260270156A1
- Application number
- 18876255
- Filed
- Jul 5, 2023
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
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