Deep stacked sparse auto-encoder based on patches for image classification

Image classification is an area where deep learning and especially stacked Auto-encoders have really proven their strength. The contributions of this paper lie in the creation of a new classifier to remedy some classification problems. This new method of classification presents a combination of the most used techniques in Deep Learning (DL) and Sparse Coding (SC) in the field of classification. Proposed deep neural networks consist of three stacked Auto-encoders and a Softmax used as an outer layer for classification. The first Auto-encoder is created from a sparse representation of all images of the dataset. The sparse representation of all images represents the decoder part of the first Auto-encoder. Then the transpose of the matrix is applied to get the encoder part. Experiments performed on standard datasets such as ImageNet and the Coil-100 reveal the efficacy of this approach.