Techniques for extrapolating image frames

A computing device for performing frame extrapolation in image frame rendering, comprising:

• a memory storing one or more parameters or instructions for executing an operating system and one or more applications;
• a display interface coupled with a display device for communicating signals to display images on the display device;
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• at least one processor coupled to the memory and the display interface, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
• generate a vertex mesh as a set of vertices;
• map each vertex in the set of vertices to a screen space position for defining a texture;
• determine one or more motion vectors for one or more regions in a first image frame of a stream of image frames, wherein the one or more motion vectors represent motion of the one or more regions from a previous image frame in the stream of image frames;
• divide the first image frame into areas to be modified based on the motion vectors;
• modify screen space positions associated with at least a portion of the set of vertices within the areas to be modified based at least in part on the one or more motion vectors;
• render, by a graphics processing unit (GPU), the first image frame into the texture, such that a pixel position of one or more pixels in the first image frame are moved based at least in part on the screen space positions of at least the portion of the set of vertices within the texture as modified, to generate an extrapolated image frame, wherein movement of corresponding pixels of the image first frame are determined by properties of the modified screen space positions based on functionality of the GPU;
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• display the extrapolated image frame after the first image frame and before a next image frame in the stream of image frames.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising code executable by one or more processors for performing frame extrapolation in image frame rendering, the code comprising code for:

• generating a vertex mesh as a set of vertices;
• mapping each vertex in the set of vertices to a screen space position for defining a texture;
• determining one or more motion vectors for one or more regions in a first image frame of a stream of image frames, wherein the one or more motion vectors represent motion of the one or more regions from a previous image frame in the stream of image frames;
• dividing the first image frame into areas to be modified based on the motion vectors;
• modifying screen space positions associated with at least a portion of the set of vertices within the areas to be modified based at least in part on the one or more motion vectors;
• rendering, by a graphics processing unit (GPU), the first image frame into the texture, such that a pixel position of one or more pixels in the first image frame are moved based at least in part on the screen space positions of at least the portion of the set of vertices within the texture as modified, to generate an extrapolated image frame, wherein movement of corresponding pixels of the first image frame are determined by properties of the modified screen space positions based on functionality of the GPU;
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• displaying the extrapolated image frame after the first image frame and before a next image frame in the stream of image frames.