Multi-sensor even analysis and tagging system
First Claim
1. A multi-sensor event analysis and tagging system comprising:
- a plurality of sensors comprisinga first inertial sensor coupled to a player or a piece of equipment used by the player, and configured to measure one or more of a position, an orientation, a velocity, an angular velocity, an acceleration, and an angular acceleration of the player or said piece of equipment or both said player and said piece of equipment;
a second sensor configured to measure motion of a projectile, wherein said second sensor comprises one or more of a video camera, a light gate, a radar, or a second inertial sensor coupled to said projectile; and
,an event analysis and tagging system comprisinga communications interface configured to receive sensor data from said plurality of sensors of a swing of said piece of equipment by the player in an attempt to contact said projectile;
an event database;
a processor coupled to said communications interface and configured toreceive said sensor data from said communications interface;
synchronize said sensor data to a common time scale, forming synchronized sensor data;
analyze said synchronized sensor data todetect an event or confirm said event based on said sensor data received from said plurality of said sensors or analyze one or more of text, audio, image, and video from a computer or server, or any combination of said detect, said confirm or said analyze to
determine one or more tags for said event and,calculatea projectile trajectory from said synchronized sensor data;
a piece of equipment trajectory from said synchronized sensor data; and
,one or more metrics for said event from the relative spatial and temporal relationships between said projectile trajectory and said piece of equipment trajectory;
store one or both of said synchronized sensor data and said one or more metrics for said event in said event database;
store said one or more tags in said event database with said event; and
,publish said event and one or more of said one or more tags to a social media site.
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Abstract
A system that analyzes data from multiple sensors, potentially of different types, that track motions of players, equipment, and projectiles such as balls. Data from different sensors is combined to generate integrated metrics for events and activities. Illustrative sensors may include inertial sensors, cameras, radars, and light gates. As an illustrative example, a video camera may track motion of a pitched baseball, and an inertial sensor may track motion of a bat; the system may use the combined data to analyze the effectiveness of the swing in hitting the pitch. The system may also use sensor data to automatically select or generate tags for an event; tags may represent for example activity types, players, performance levels, or scoring results. The system may analyze social media postings to confirm or augment event tags. Users may filter and analyze saved events based on the assigned tags.
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13 Claims
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1. A multi-sensor event analysis and tagging system comprising:
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a plurality of sensors comprising a first inertial sensor coupled to a player or a piece of equipment used by the player, and configured to measure one or more of a position, an orientation, a velocity, an angular velocity, an acceleration, and an angular acceleration of the player or said piece of equipment or both said player and said piece of equipment; a second sensor configured to measure motion of a projectile, wherein said second sensor comprises one or more of a video camera, a light gate, a radar, or a second inertial sensor coupled to said projectile; and
,an event analysis and tagging system comprising a communications interface configured to receive sensor data from said plurality of sensors of a swing of said piece of equipment by the player in an attempt to contact said projectile; an event database; a processor coupled to said communications interface and configured to receive said sensor data from said communications interface; synchronize said sensor data to a common time scale, forming synchronized sensor data; analyze said synchronized sensor data to detect an event or confirm said event based on said sensor data received from said plurality of said sensors or analyze one or more of text, audio, image, and video from a computer or server, or any combination of said detect, said confirm or said analyze to
determine one or more tags for said event and,calculate a projectile trajectory from said synchronized sensor data; a piece of equipment trajectory from said synchronized sensor data; and
,one or more metrics for said event from the relative spatial and temporal relationships between said projectile trajectory and said piece of equipment trajectory; store one or both of said synchronized sensor data and said one or more metrics for said event in said event database; store said one or more tags in said event database with said event; and
,publish said event and one or more of said one or more tags to a social media site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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