Method and apparatus for automatic generation and management of sporting statistics

• US 20020143790A1
• Filed: 03/29/2001
• Published: 10/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Qian, Richard J.
• Application Number:
  US09/821,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20020143790A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/901 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures for retrieval from the web G06F16/951

Abstract

A method of automatic statistics generation and management includes receiving input data of a sporting event. Semantic information and geometric model information is generated based on the input data. Sporting statistics is generated based on at least one of the semantic information and the geometric information.

Claims

1. A method of automatic statistics generation and management, comprising:

receiving input data of a sporting event;

generating semantic information and geometric model information based on the input data; and

generating sporting statistics based on at least one of the semantic information and the geometric information.

2. The method according to claim 1, further including storing the sporting statistics.

3. The method according to claim 1, further including analyzing the sporting statistics.

4. The method according to claim 1, further including providing the input data from at least one video camera located at the sporting event.

5. The method according to claim 1, further including receiving a query for the sporting statistics.

6. The method according to claim 1, further including:

processing the input data to generate tracking information; and

processing the tracking information to generate the semantic information and the geometric information.

7. The method according to claim 1, further including analyzing the sporting statistics to discover patterns and predict future trends.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the input data is video.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the input data is from a radio frequency (RF) beacon.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the input data is textual information.

11. An automatic statistics generation and management system, comprising:

a head-end system to receive input data of a sporting event and to generate semantic information and geometric information;

a statistics generation system to generate sporting statistics based on at least one of the semantic information and the geometric information received from the head-end system; and

a statistics management system to store and manage the sporting statistics received from the statistics generation system.

12. The system according to claim 11, further including at least one video camera, located at the sporting event, to provide the input data to the head-end system.

13. The system according to claim 11, further including a gateway connected to the statistics management system to support query applications from a user interface.

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein the head-end system includes:

a tracking system to receive and process the input data to generate tracking information; and

a production system to receive and process the tracking information to generate the semantic information and the geometric information.

15. The system according to claim 11, wherein the statistics generation system includes:

a model manager to access the semantic information and the geometric information; and

a statistics generator to receive and process at least one of the semantic and geometric information from the model manager to generate the sporting statistics.

16. The system according to claim 11, wherein the statistics management system includes:

a statistics database to store and manage the sporting statistics; and

a data miner to extract and analyze the sporting statistics stored in the statistics database.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein the data miner analyzes the sporting statistics to discover patterns and predict future trends.

18. The system according to claim 11, wherein the semantic information is an Extended Markup Language (XML) file.

19. The system according to claim 11, wherein the sporting statistics are saved in a predefined Extended Markup Language (XML) schema.

20. The system according to claim 11, wherein the input data is video.

21. The system according to claim 11, wherein the input data is from a radio frequency (RF) beacon.

22. The system according to claim 11, wherein the input data is textual information.

24. The system according to claim 23, further including at least one video camera, located at the sporting event, to provide the input data to the head-end system.

25. The system according to claim 23, further including a gateway connected to the statistics management system to support query applications from a user interface.

26. The system according to claim 23, wherein the data miner analyzes the sporting statistics to discover patterns and predict future trends.

27. The system according to claim 23, wherein the input data is video.

28. The system according to claim 23, wherein the input data is from a radio frequency (RF) beacon.

29. The system according to claim 23, wherein the input data is textual information.

30. The system according to claim 23, wherein the sporting statistics are saved in a predefined Extended Markup Language (XML) schema.

23. An automatic statistics generation and management system, comprising:

a head-end system including a tracking system to receive and process input data of a sporting event to generate tracking information, and a production system to receive and process the tracking information to generate semantic information and geometric information;

a statistics generation system including a model manager to receive and access the semantic information and the geometric information, and a statistics generator to receive and process at least one of the semantic information and the geometric information to generate sporting statistics; and

a statistics management system having a statistics database to store and manage the sporting statistics, and a data miner to extract and analyze the sporting statistics stored in the statistics database.