Sports television camera assignment
First Claim
1. An arrangement of motion picture cameras for recording a baseball game, the arrangement comprising:
- at least one camera located substantially equidistant from the ends of one of the first base line (defined by home and first base) and the third base line (defined by home and third base) and on a ray rising at an angle less than 7.9 degrees above horizontal from an origin at the midpoint between the bases opposite said one base line (second and third, or first and second, respectively).
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Abstract
An arrangement of cameras and method for televising a baseball game includes first and second cameras positioned equidistant from home plate and first and third bases, the camera height above the playing field and the camera distance from the first and third baselines being chosen so that a ray to each camera, from an origin at the midpoint between the bases opposite the baseball diamond from that camera, rises at between 3.7 degrees and 7.9 degrees above horizontal. Alternatively, the ray rises at between 3.7 degrees and 6.1 degrees above horizontal. Distance, height, or both in combination are manipulated, within the structural constraints of the venue, to achieve this angle. The first or second camera is selected when a ball is hit. Third and subsequent cameras are subsequently selected, and the first or second camera may be re-framed and subsequently re-selected, in accordance with predetermined rules.
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30 Claims
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1. An arrangement of motion picture cameras for recording a baseball game, the arrangement comprising:
at least one camera located substantially equidistant from the ends of one of the first base line (defined by home and first base) and the third base line (defined by home and third base) and on a ray rising at an angle less than 7.9 degrees above horizontal from an origin at the midpoint between the bases opposite said one base line (second and third, or first and second, respectively). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An arrangement of motion picture cameras for recording a baseball game, the arrangement comprising:
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at least one camera located substantially equidistant from the ends of one of the first base line (defined by home and first base) and the third base line (defined by home and third base);
said at least one camera being at a height of between 5 meters and 6 meters above ground;
said at least one camera being at a distance of between 43 meters and 73 meters from the midpoint between the bases opposite said one base line (second and third, or first and second, respectively). - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method of using motion picture cameras to record a baseball game, the method comprising the steps of:
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locating a first camera substantially equidistant from the ends of one of the first base line (defined by home and first base) and the third base line (defined by home and third base) and on a ray rising at an angle less than 7.9 degrees above horizontal from an origin at the midpoint between the bases opposite said one base line (second and third, or first and second, respectively);
locating a second camera substantially equidistant from the ends of the other of said first and third base lines and on a ray rising at an angle less than 7.9 degrees above horizontal from an origin at the midpoint between the bases opposite said other base line; and
when a player hits a ball, selecting said first camera if said ball travels substantially to the left of second base and selecting said second camera if said ball travels substantially to the right thereof. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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