depthConcatenationLayer

Depth concatenation layer

Description

A depth concatenation layer takes inputs that have the same height and width and concatenates them along the third dimension (the channel dimension).

Specify the number of inputs to the layer when you create it. The inputs have the names 'in1','in2',...,'inN', where N is the number of inputs. Use the input names when connecting or disconnecting the layer by using connectLayers or disconnectLayers.

Creation

Syntax

layer = depthConcatenationLayer(numInputs)

layer = depthConcatenationLayer(numInputs,'Name',name)

Description

layer = depthConcatenationLayer(numInputs) creates a depth concatenation layer that concatenates numInputs inputs along the third (channel) dimension. This function also sets the NumInputs property.

layer = depthConcatenationLayer(numInputs,'Name',name) also sets the Name property.

Properties

NumInputs — Number of inputs

positive integer

Number of inputs to the layer, specified as a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

The inputs have the names 'in1','in2',...,'inN', where N is NumInputs. For example, if NumInputs is 3, then the inputs have the names 'in1','in2', and 'in3'. Use the input names when connecting or disconnecting the layer using the connectLayers or disconnectLayers functions.

Name — Layer name

'' (default) | character vector | string scalar

Layer name, specified as a character vector or a string scalar. For Layer array input, the trainNetwork, assembleNetwork, layerGraph, and dlnetwork functions automatically assign names to layers with name ''.

Data Types: char | string

InputNames — Input Names

{'in1','in2',…,'inN'} (default)

Input names, specified as {'in1','in2',...,'inN'}, where N is the number of inputs of the layer.

Data Types: cell

NumOutputs — Number of outputs

1 (default)

This property is read-only.

Number of outputs of the layer. This layer has a single output only.

Data Types: double

OutputNames — Output names

{'out'} (default)

This property is read-only.

Output names of the layer. This layer has a single output only.

Data Types: cell

Examples

Create and Connect Depth Concatenation Layer

Create a depth concatenation layer with two inputs and the name 'concat_1'.

concat = depthConcatenationLayer(2,'Name','concat_1')

concat = 
  DepthConcatenationLayer with properties:

          Name: 'concat_1'
     NumInputs: 2
    InputNames: {'in1'  'in2'}

Create two ReLU layers and connect them to the depth concatenation layer. The depth concatenation layer concatenates the outputs from the ReLU layers.

relu_1 = reluLayer('Name','relu_1');
relu_2 = reluLayer('Name','relu_2');

lgraph = layerGraph;
lgraph = addLayers(lgraph,relu_1);
lgraph = addLayers(lgraph,relu_2);
lgraph = addLayers(lgraph,concat);

lgraph = connectLayers(lgraph,'relu_1','concat_1/in1');
lgraph = connectLayers(lgraph,'relu_2','concat_1/in2');

plot(lgraph)

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation
Generate C and C++ code using MATLAB® Coder™.

GPU Code Generation
Generate CUDA® code for NVIDIA® GPUs using GPU Coder™.

Version History

Introduced in R2017b