Nvidia patents faster math for editing 360-degree images
Nvidia describes a method for editing spherical images, which are 360-degree pictures that wrap around a sphere. The system uses multiple software threads to run fast Fourier transforms, a type of mathematical calculation, on different parts of the image at the same time.
In the filing’s own words
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to edit data elements of a spherical image. In at least one embodiment, two or more software threads are used to perform two or more fast Fourier transforms (FFTs) on two or more pixels of one or more spherical images.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. One or more processors comprising: processing circuitry to cause two or more software threads to be used to perform two or more fast Fourier transforms (FFTs) on two or more pixels of one or more spherical images.
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
- Official title
- OPTIMIZED SPHERICAL HARMONICS TRANSFORMS
- Publication number
- US20260300426A1
- Application number
- 19091726
- Filed
- Mar 26, 2025
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 17/142 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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