STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURE WITH PERFORMANCE OUTCOME PREDICTION IN SPORTING ENVIRONMENTS
First Claim
1. A method for basketball comprising,capturing, in a sequence of video frames, images of a basketball shot towards a basketball hoop wherein the images of the basketball are between leaving a hand of a shooter of the basketball and prior to the basketball making contact with a rim of the basketball hoop or a backboard coupled to the basketball hoop,determining a trajectory of the basketball from the sequence of video frames;
- andpredicting an outcome of the trajectory wherein the outcome includes whether the basketball passes through the basketball hoop or does not pass through the basketball hoop.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus relating to predicting outcome in a sporting environment are described. The methods and apparatus are used to relate trajectory performance of an object to body motions and body orientation associated with a generating the trajectory of the object. When equipment is utilized to generate the trajectory of an object, than the effects of equipment motions and equipment orientation can be also related to trajectory performance. The method and apparatus can be used to predict body motions and body orientations that increase the likelihood of achieving a desired outcome including specifying optimum motions and orientations for a particular individual. The method and apparatus may be used in training, coaching and broadcasting environments.
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84 Claims
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1. A method for basketball comprising,
capturing, in a sequence of video frames, images of a basketball shot towards a basketball hoop wherein the images of the basketball are between leaving a hand of a shooter of the basketball and prior to the basketball making contact with a rim of the basketball hoop or a backboard coupled to the basketball hoop, determining a trajectory of the basketball from the sequence of video frames; - and
predicting an outcome of the trajectory wherein the outcome includes whether the basketball passes through the basketball hoop or does not pass through the basketball hoop. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for basketball comprising,
capturing a first plurality of actual basketball shots wherein, for each shot, images of the basketball are captured in a sequence of video frames wherein the images of the basketball are between leaving a hand of a shooter of the basketball and prior to the basketball making contact with a rim of the basketball hoop or a backboard coupled to the basketball hoop, determining, for each of the first plurality of actual basketball shots, a trajectory of the basketball from the sequence of video frames associated with each shot; -
determining a range for at least one trajectory parameter from the trajectories determined for the first plurality of actual basketball shots; and generating a first plurality of simulated basketball shots including determining whether each of the first plurality of simulated basketball shots is a made or a missed shot wherein each of the trajectories of the first plurality of simulated basketball shots is generated using a value within the range of the at least one trajectory parameter. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method for basketball comprising,
receiving data relating to an individual shooting a plurality of basketball shots, determining a variability associated with the data; - and
predicting a shooting percentage for the individual based upon the variability. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A method for basketball, said method comprising:
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1) receiving data relating to an individual shooting a basketball shot, 2) generating one or more parameters associated with a body motion, a body orientation or combinations thereof of the individual using the received data; and 3) predicting an outcome to the basketball shot from the one or more parameters. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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