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Associative object tracking systems and methods

  • US 10,071,282 B2
  • Filed: 10/20/2017
  • Issued: 09/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for annotating a delayed feed of a sporting activity with tracking information determined within a tracking apparatus for a plurality of objects, comprising:

  • determining when continuous location tracking information for a primary one of the plurality of objects is not available;

    when, for a period when the continuous location tracking information for the primary object is not available and based upon a highest probability defined within one or more predetermined scenarios of the sporting activity, speculatively associating the primary object with a first one of two secondary ones of the plurality of objects that are proximate a last location of the primary object;

    when the continuous location tracking information for the primary object becomes available after the period, receiving an updated location for the primary object and evaluating correctness of the speculative association of the primary object with the first secondary object based upon the updated location, to produce a non-speculative association of the primary object with one of the secondary objects; and

    outputting the delayed feed with the tracking information for the first object based upon tracking information of the non-speculatively associated one of the secondary objects during the period when the continuous location tracking information is not available.

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