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Method and system for automatic television production

  • US 10,262,692 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2015
  • Issued: 04/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • capturing a scene comprising a sport event using a plurality of video cameras, to yield combined frame streams of video images covering together the sport event in its entirety;

    analyzing the combined stream of video images to detect one or more objects associated with a playing object associated with the sport event;

    deriving current and estimated position of the detected one or more objects and of the playing object;

    generating a video production of the sport event by automatically selecting a sequence of portions of the combined stream of video images, wherein the selection is carried out based on predefined video production rules associated with a type of said sport event and further based on the current and estimated position of the detected one or more objects and the playing object;

    estimating, upon losing said playing object by one of said objects, a region occupying said playing object in accordance with previous location thereof, andmodifying a frame stream of said one or more frame streams to include said region occupying said playing object.

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