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Sony patents method to create extra video frames for smoother motion

Sony has been granted a patent for a technique that creates new, synthetic video frames to insert between existing ones. The system analyzes a current frame to predict what the next frame should look like, displaying this generated image before the actual next frame arrives to make motion appear smoother.

Why it mattersThis technology could lead to smoother video playback on gaming consoles and TVs by filling in the gaps between frames, a common challenge in high-speed visual content.

In the filing’s own words

Frame generation super sampling may include generating an image frame embedding from a first image frame in an image stream and predicting a synthetic second image frame in the image stream using the image frame embedding of the first image in the image stream. The synthetic second image is displayed frame after the first image frame in the image stream.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method for frame generation super sampling, comprising: generating a first image frame embedding from a first image frame in an image stream; before generating a second image frame embedding from a second image in the image stream, predicting a synthetic image frame in the image stream using the first image frame embedding of the first image frame in the image stream; displaying the synthetic image frame after the first image frame in the image stream; and after displaying the synthetic image frame, displaying the second image frame in the image stream.

Facts

Company: Sony (Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.)
Official title: Generation super sampling
Patent number: US12749147B2
Application number: 18393547
Filed: Dec 21, 2023
Granted: Sep 29, 2026
Inventors: 1
Claims: 20

Classified under

G06T 3/4046 Physics & computingG06F 3/0354 Physics & computing

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