Nvidia patents method to speed up video processing by splitting data into fixed chunks
Nvidia describes a way to process video or sensor data faster by breaking images into a specific number of pieces, regardless of the image's total size. These pieces are then handled in a sequence by a processor to reduce the time it takes to get a result.
In the filing’s own words
Disclosed are apparatuses, systems, and techniques for efficient latency reduction using efficient data fragmentation in live streaming and/or time-sensitive applications. In one embodiment, a processing device receives, via a plurality of input channels, an input into a data processing operation, the input including a plurality of units of sensor data. The processing device fragment units of sensor data into a predetermined number of portions, independent of a size of the units of sensor data, and generates an output of the data processing operation by processing the portions of the units of sensor data using a plurality of sequential stages, individual stages processing respective portions of sensor data.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A data processing accelerator configured to process frames of sensor data having different sizes, the data processing accelerator configured to: receive, via a plurality of input channels and for a data processing operation, a plurality of frames of sensor data, each frame of sensor data received via a respective input channel of the plurality of input channels; fragment individual frames of sensor data, from the plurality of frames of sensor data, into a predetermined number of portions, the predetermined number of portions being enforced by the data processing accelerator independent of a total number of pixels of the individual frames of sensor data, with a size of the portions determined by the total number of pixels of the individual frames of sensor data; and generate an output of the data processing operation based at least on processing the predetermined number of portions of the individual frames of sensor data using a plurality of sequential stages, wherein a sequential stage of the plurality of sequential stages processes a respective portion of multiple frames of the plurality of frames of sensor data.
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
- Official title
- Sensor data processing
- Patent number
- US12749320B2
- Application number
- 18384569
- Filed
- Oct 27, 2023
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06V 20/58 Physics & computingB60W 60/001 Operations & transportB60W 2420/403 Operations & transportMore from Nvidia in Chips & hardware
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