NVIDIA Patent Application Trends in 2024

NVIDIA Patent Filing Activity

Executive Summary

In 2024, NVIDIA has shown significant patent filing activity, particularly in the areas of image data processing and neural network models. This report provides an overview of NVIDIA's top technology areas, emerging technology fields, and the most prolific inventors contributing to the company's innovation.

2024

Top 10 Technology Areas

• G06T2207/20084 (Image analysis or image enhancement)
  • Count: 37 patents
  • Example: 20240104698. NEURAL NETWORK-BASED PERTURBATION REMOVAL simplified abstract (NVIDIA CORPORATION)
• G06N3/08 (Computer systems based on biological models)
  • Count: 35 patents
  • Example: 20240119267. GENERATING NEURAL NETWORKS simplified abstract (NVIDIA CORPORATION)
• G06V10/82 (Image analysis)
  • Count: 34 patents
  • Example: 20240233146. IMAGE PROCESSING USING NEURAL NETWORKS, WITH IMAGE REGISTRATION simplified abstract (NVIDIA CORPORATION)
• G06T2207/20081 (Image analysis or image enhancement)
  • Count: 30 patents
  • Example: 20240020863. OPTICAL CHARACTER DETECTION AND RECOGNITION simplified abstract (NVIDIA CORPORATION)
• G06T1/20 (Image data processing)
  • Count: 30 patents
  • Example: 20240013893. ACCELERATING TRANSFER AND PROCESSING OF IMAGING INFORMATION WITH DATA PROCESSING UNIT simplified abstract (NVIDIA CORPORATION)
• G06T15/06 (Image rendering)
  • Count: 22 patents
  • Example: 20240095996. EFFICIENCY OF RAY-BOX TESTS simplified abstract (NVIDIA CORPORATION)
• G06F9/544 (Error detection or correction)
  • Count: 18 patents
  • Example: 20240176684. APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO INDICATE STORAGE OF ACCELERATOR ERRORS simplified abstract (NVIDIA CORPORATION)
• G06T2207/10024 (Image analysis or image enhancement)
  • Count: 16 patents
  • Example: 20240233315. REMOVING ARTIFACTS USING DITHERING COMPENSATION IN IMAGE STREAMING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS simplified abstract (NVIDIA CORPORATION)
• G06T1/60 (Image data processing)
  • Count: 15 patents
  • Example: 20240104790. OPTIMIZING GRID-BASED COMPUTE GRAPHS simplified abstract (NVIDIA CORPORATION)
• G06T7/70 (Image data processing)
  • Count: 14 patents
  • Example: 20240177394. MOTION VECTOR OPTIMIZATION FOR MULTIPLE REFRACTIVE AND REFLECTIVE INTERFACES simplified abstract (NVIDIA CORPORATION)

Emerging Technology Areas

• H05K7/20909 (Heat-dissipating means)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240049380. POWER ARRANGEMENT AND COOLING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES simplified abstract (NVIDIA CORPORATION)
• H05K7/209 (Mounting supporting structure details)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: No example available
• H05K7/20154 (Mounting printed circuits)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: No example available
• H05K1/0209 (Printed circuit boards)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: No example available
• G06F21/31 (Security arrangements for protecting computers)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240046687. TECHNIQUES FOR VERIFYING USER IDENTITIES DURING COMPUTER-MEDIATED INTERACTIONS simplified abstract (NVIDIA CORPORATION)
• G06V40/10 (Computer vision)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: No example available
• B60R2011/0005 (Monitoring of driving habits)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240046409. OBJECT DETECTION USING PLANAR HOMOGRAPHY AND SELF-SUPERVISED SCENE STRUCTURE UNDERSTANDING simplified abstract (NVIDIA CORPORATION)
• G06V30/1902 (3D imaging)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: No example available
• H04N23/54 (Video servers)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: No example available
• G06F18/251 (Information retrieval)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: No example available

Top Inventors

• Harold Carter Edwards of Campbell CA (US)
• Ronny Meir Krashinsky of Portola Valley CA (US)
• Aditya Avinash Atluri of Redmond WA (US)
• Jack H. Choquette of Palo Alto CA (US)
• Olivier Giroux of Santa Clara CA (US)
• Lopamudra Kundu of Sunnyvale CA (US)
• Kyrylo Perelygin of Broomfield CO (US)
• Alan Kaatz of Seattle WA (US)
• Minwoo Park of Saratoga CA (US)
• Stephen Anthony Bernard Jones of San Francisco CA (US)

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