Nvidia patents API switch to turn off AI frame interpolation
Nvidia has been granted a patent for a software command that lets developers turn off a specific feature in their graphics processors. This feature uses neural networks to create extra frames between existing ones to make motion look smoother. The patent describes a standard way for programs to disable this AI-based smoothing when it is not needed.
In the filing’s own words
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to process image frames. In at least one embodiment, an application programming interface (API) is performed to disable frame interpolation to use one or more neural networks.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A processor, comprising: one or more circuits to: execute an application programming interface (API) that defines one or more parameters for frame interpolation; set, via an API call, at least one value for at least one parameter of the one or more parameters; and disable frame interpolation to use one or more neural networks according to the at least one parameter set by the API via the API call.
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
- Official title
- Application programming interface to disable frame interpolation
- Patent number
- US12755338B2
- Application number
- 18106966
- Filed
- Feb 7, 2023
- Granted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06T 3/4046 Physics & computingG06T 3/4007 Physics & computingMore from Nvidia in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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