Patents by Inventor Karan Sapra

Karan Sapra has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO INDICATE FRAME INTERPOLATION SUPPORT
    Publication number: 20240104692
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to process image frames. In at least one embodiment, an application programming interface (API) is performed to indicate support to use one or more neural networks to perform frame interpolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Pottorff, Karan Sapra, Andrew Leighton Edelsten
  • APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO ENABLE FRAME INTERPOLATION
    Publication number: 20240104689
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to process image frames. In at least one embodiment, an application programming interface (API) is performed to enable frame interpolation to use one or more neural networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Pottorff, Karan Sapra, Andrew Leighton Edelsten
  • APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO INDICATE FRAME SIZE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20240104690
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to process image frames. In at least one embodiment, an application programming interface (API) is performed to indicate frame size information using one or more neural networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Pottorff, Karan Sapra, Andrew Leighton Edelsten
  • VIDEO FRAME BLENDING
    Publication number: 20240098216
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to process image frames. In at least one embodiment, one or more neural networks are used to blend two or more video frames between a first video frame and a second video frame. In at least one embodiment, a blended video frame is used to generate an intermediate video frame between the first video frame and the second video frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Pottorff, Karan Sapra, Zhekun Luo, Andrew J. Tao, Bryan Christopher Catanzaro
  • APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO CAUSE PERFORMANCE OF FRAME INTERPOLATION
    Publication number: 20240095097
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to process image frames. In at least one embodiment, an application programming interface (API) is performed to cause frame interpolation to be performed using one or more neural networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Pottorff, Karan Sapra, Andrew Leighton Edelsten
  • APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO DISABLE FRAME INTERPOLATION
    Publication number: 20240095881
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Pottorff, Karan Sapra, Andrew Leighton Edelsten
  • Video synthesis using one or more neural networks
    Patent number: 11934959
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are presented to synthesize consistent images or video. In at least one embodiment, one or more neural networks are used to generate one or more second images based, at least in part, on one or more point cloud representations of one or more first images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arun Mallya, Ting-Chun Wang, Ming-Yu Liu, Karan Sapra
  • TECHNIQUES TO USE A NEURAL NETWORK TO EXPAND AN IMAGE
    Publication number: 20230186428
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques for texture synthesis from small input textures in images using convolutional neural networks. In at least one embodiment, one or more convolutional layers are used in conjunction with one or more transposed convolution operations to generate a large textured output image from a small input textured image while preserving global features and texture, according to various novel techniques described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Guilin Liu, Andrew Tao, Bryan Christopher Catanzaro, Ting-Chun Wang, Zhiding Yu, Shiqiu Liu, Fitsum Reda, Karan Sapra, Brandon Rowlett
  • PIXEL BLENDING FOR NEURAL NETWORK-BASED IMAGE GENERATION
    Publication number: 20220405987
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are presented to generate one or more images. In at least one embodiment, two or more pixels from two or more images are blended based, at least in part, on a distance of the two or more pixels from a region of the two or more images, in which pixel colors are substantially similar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Pottorff, Karan Sapra, Andrew Tao, Bryan Catanzaro, Jarmo Lunden
  • UPSAMPLING AN IMAGE USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20220222778
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are presented to generate images. In at least one embodiment, one or more neural networks are used to generate one or more images using one or more pixel weights determined based, at least in part, on one or more sub-pixel offset values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Shiqiu Liu, Robert Thomas Pottorff, Guilin Liu, Karan Sapra, Jon Barker, David Tarjan, Pekka Janis, Edvard Olav Valter Fagerholm, Lei Yang, Kevin Jonathan Shih, Marco Salvi, Timo Roman, Andrew Tao, Bryan Christopher Catanzaro
  • UPSAMPLING AN IMAGE USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20220114700
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are presented to generate images. In at least one embodiment, one or more neural networks are used to generate one or more images using one or more pixel weights determined based, at least in part, on one or more sub-pixel offset values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Shiqiu Liu, Robert Pottorff, Guilin Liu, Karan Sapra, Jon Barker, David Tarjan, Pekka Janis, Edvard Fagerholm, Lei Yang, Kevin Shih, Marco Salvi, Timo Roman, Andrew Tao, Bryan Catanzaro
  • UPSAMPLING AN IMAGE USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20220114701
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are presented to generate images. In at least one embodiment, one or more neural networks are used to generate one or more images using one or more pixel weights determined based, at least in part, on one or more sub-pixel offset values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Shiqiu Liu, Robert Pottorff, Guilin Liu, Karan Sapra, Jon Barker, David Tarjan, Pekka Janis, Edvard Fagerholm, Lei Yang, Kevin Shih, Marco Salvi, Timo Roman, Andrew Tao, Bryan Catanzaro
  • UPSAMPLING AN IMAGE USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20220114702
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are presented to generate images. In at least one embodiment, one or more neural networks are used to generate one or more images using one or more pixel weights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Shiqiu Liu, Robert Pottorff, Guilin Liu, Karan Sapra, Jon Barker, David Tarjan, Pekka Janis, Edvard Fagerholm, Lei Yang, Kevin Jonathan Shih, Marco Salvi, Timo Roman, Andrew Tao, Bryan Catanzaro
  • TECHNIQUES TO GENERATE INTERPOLATED VIDEO FRAMES
    Publication number: 20220038654
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to generate interpolated video frames. In at least one embodiment, an interpolated video frame is generated based, at least in part, on a first set of pixel data sampled from a first video frame, and a second set of pixel data sampled from a second video frame based, at least in part, on a set of forward pointing motion vectors from the first video frame to the second video frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Fitsum Reda, Karan Sapra, Robert Thomas Pottorff, Shiqiu Liu, Andrew Tao, Bryan Christopher Catanzaro
  • TECHNIQUES TO GENERATE INTERPOLATED VIDEO FRAMES
    Publication number: 20220038653
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to generate interpolated video frames. In at least one embodiment, an interpolated video frame is generated based, at least in part, on one of a plurality of possible motions of one or more objects from a first video frame to a second video frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Fitsum Reda, Karan Sapra, Robert Thomas Pottorff, Shiqiu Liu, Andrew Tao, Bryan Christopher Catanzaro
  • TECHNIQUES TO USE A NEURAL NETWORK TO EXPAND AN IMAGE
    Publication number: 20210279841
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques for texture synthesis from small input textures in images using convolutional neural networks. In at least one embodiment, one or more convolutional layers are used in conjunction with one or more transposed convolution operations to generate a large textured output image from a small input textured image while preserving global features and texture, according to various novel techniques described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Guilin Liu, Andrew Tao, Bryan Christopher Catanzaro, Ting-Chun Wang, Zhiding Yu, Shiqiu Liu, Fitsum Reda, Karan Sapra, Brandon Rowlett