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US 12,333,688 · App. 17/957,143 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Denoising diffusion generative adversarial networks

Inventors: Zhisheng Xiao (Chicago, IL); Karsten Kreis (Vancouver, CA); Arash Vahdat (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
G06T5/70G06T2207/20081G06T2207/20084G06T2207/20182
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Patent No.
US 12,333,688
App. No.
17/957,143
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are presented to train and utilize one or more neural networks. A denoising diffusion generative adversarial network (denoising diffusion GAN) reduces a number of denoising steps during a reverse process. The denoising diffusion GAN does not assume a Gaussian distribution for large steps of the denoising process and applies a multi-model model to permit denoising with fewer steps. Systems and methods further minimize a divergence between a diffused real data distribution and a diffused generator distribution over several timesteps. Accordingly, various embodiments may enable faster sample generation, in which the samples are generated from noise using the denoising diffusion GAN.

Claims (55)

1. A method comprising:

receiving a sample input;

generating, from the sample input, a series of noisy inputs corresponding to a denoising distribution having a plurality of steps;

selecting a first noisy input for a first step of the plurality of steps;

selecting, based at least in part on the first noisy input, a second noisy input for a second step of the plurality of steps, the first step preceding the second step;

generating, from the second noisy input, a generated output;

generating, from the generated output, a second generated output based, at least in part, on a reverse process to add noise to the generated output;

comparing, within a discriminator, the first noisy input, the second noisy input, and the second generated output; and

determining a loss based, at least in part, on the comparing.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the generated output includes processing the second noisy input using a trained generator of a generative adversarial network (GAN).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second step is directly after the first step.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

adding a latent variable for generating the generated output.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a number of denoising steps to generate the generated output is a fixed constant.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

retraining a generator based, at least in part, on the loss.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reverse process includes, at least in part, posterior sampling.

8. A processor, comprising:

one or more processing units to:

generate, using forward diffusion, a series of noisy inputs corresponding to a plurality of steps of the forward diffusion;

select, from the series of noisy inputs, a first noisy input;

select, from the series of noisy inputs, a second noisy input, corresponding to a final noisy input in the series;

generate a predicted noisy input based, at least in part, on the second noisy input and a latent variable, wherein the predicted noisy input includes noise added to a predicted input; and

determine a loss for training a generator based, at least in part, on a comparison between the first noisy input, the second noisy input, and the predicted noisy input.

9. The processor of claim 8 , wherein the predicted noisy input is modeled based, at least in part, on a multi-modal denoising distribution.

10. The processor of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processing units are further to:

receive an input;

provide the input to a trained generator; and

provide an output corresponding to the input.

11. The processor of claim 8 , wherein the generator forms at least a portion of a conditional generative adversarial network.

12. The processor of claim 8 , wherein the loss is based, at least in part, on an adversarial training process.

13. The processor of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processing units are further to:

update one or more parameters of the generator based, at least in part, on the loss.

14. The processor of claim 8 , wherein the series of noisy inputs form a true denoising distribution without a Gaussian assumption.

15. The processor of claim 14 , wherein the true denoising distribution computes a reverse diffusion process with fewer steps than the forward diffusion.

16. A system, comprising:

one or more processors comprising processing circuitry to generate, using a processing sequence including a conditional generative adversarial network and a diffusion process, an output image from an input using a smaller number of steps during a reverse denoising process of the diffusion process than during a forward denoising process of the diffusion process.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the system comprises at least one of:

a system for performing simulation operations;

a system for performing simulation operations to test or validate autonomous machine applications;

an infotainment system of a machine;

an entertainment system of a machine;

a system for generating synthetic data;

a system for collaborative content creation of multi-dimensional assets;

a system for performing digital twin simulation;

a system for presenting at least one of virtual reality content, augmented reality content, or mixed reality content;

a system for rendering graphical output;

a system for performing deep learning operations;

a system implemented using an edge device;

a system incorporating one or more Virtual Machines (VMs);

a system implemented at least partially in a data center; or

a system implemented at least partially using cloud computing resources.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the diffusion process includes generating a true denoising distribution that is multi-modal and non-Gaussian for steps larger than a threshold.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors comprising processing circuitry are further to train a generator of the conditional generative adversarial network using a time-dependent discriminator.

20. The system of claim 16 , wherein the input it as least one of an input image or an input text sequence.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2022
From: XIAO, ZHISHENG; KREIS, KARSTEN; VAHDAT, ARASH
To: NVIDIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061808/0464 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63250372 · Sep 30, 2021
Related Publication 20230095092A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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