System and Method for Analyzing Data From Athletic Events

• US 20100030350A1
• Filed: 06/23/2009
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: PVI Virtual Media Services, LLC (Altice USA, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rossi, Gene, House, Gregory, Zhang, Yuecheng
• Application Number:
  US12/490,026
• Publication Number:
  US 20100030350A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/91
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0025 Tracking the path or location of one or more users, e.g. players of a game
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0056 for statistical or strategic analysis
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/22 Field hockey
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/05 Image processing for measuring physical parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/12 Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/13 Relative positions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/806 Video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/15 with identification means that can be read by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/54 Transponders, e.g. RFID
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2243/0025 Football
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2243/0037 Basketball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0021 Tracking a path or terminating locations
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/40 in video content extracting overlay text G06V20/62; video retrieval G06F16/70; processing of video elementary streams in video servers H04N21/234; processing of video elementary streams in video clients H04N21/44

Abstract

Embodiments of this invention relate to generating information from an athletic event. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving an aspect of a first object and an aspect of a second object in an athletic event. In some cases, objects may be athletes, balls, pucks, game officials, goals, defined areas, time periods or other sports related objects. Aspects may include but are not limited to, a location, motion, pose, shape or size. The method further includes determining a data representation based on the aspect of the first object relative to the aspect of the second object. In some cases, data representations may be stored in a data server. In other cases, data representations may be displayed. In another embodiment, a system includes an object tracker and a data manager. Aspects may be recorded using a sensor system.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of generating information from an athletic event comprising:

receiving a first aspect of a first object in the athletic event;

receiving a second aspect of a second object in the athletic event;

determining a data representation with a processor based on the first aspect of the first object relative to the second aspect of the second object; and

storing the data representation in a data server.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first aspect and second aspect is recorded using a sensor system.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect includes receiving a location of a first object, and the receiving a second aspect includes receiving a location of a second object.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the receiving a location of a first object includes receiving a location of a set of athletes within a time window, and wherein the receiving a location of a second object includes receiving a location of a second set of athletes within the time window, and wherein the determining a data representation includes analyzing a formation or play of at least one of the first set of athletes or the second set of athletes.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect includes receiving a location of a first object, and the receiving a second aspect includes receiving a motion of a second object.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the receiving a motion of a second object includes receiving one or more locations or measurements of the second object at one or more points in time.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect includes receiving a pose of a first object, and the receiving a second aspect includes receiving a location of a second object.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect includes receiving a pose of a first object, and the receiving a second aspect includes receiving a motion of a second object.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect includes receiving a pose of a first object, and the receiving a second aspect includes receiving a pose of a second object.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the determining includes receiving one or more official or player contribution statistics of an athlete.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect includes receiving a motion of a first object, and the receiving a second aspect includes receiving at least one of a size, shape, time duration, or frequency of an area that the first object passes through.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect includes receiving a motion of a first object, and the receiving a second aspect includes receiving a pose of an athlete in the athletic event between a starting point of a motion of the first object and an ending point target of the motion.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect includes receiving a motion of a first object, and the receiving a second aspect includes receiving a location, motion or pose of an athlete within a time window of a disruption of the motion of the first object from an initial trajectory.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect includes receiving a motion of a first object, and the receiving a second aspect includes receiving a location, motion or pose of an athlete in a time window of an athletic action.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect includes receiving a motion of a first object, and wherein the receiving a second aspect includes receiving a formation of a set of athletes in the athletic event, and wherein the determining a data representation includes determining or evaluating a play.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect of a first object includes receiving an action of a first athlete, and wherein the receiving a second aspect of a second object includes receiving a reaction of a second athlete, and wherein the reaction of the second athlete is in response to the action of the first athlete.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect includes receiving a motion of a first object, and wherein the receiving a second aspect includes receiving a motion of a set of athletes in the athletic event during a change of possession of a first object.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect includes receiving a location and pose of an athlete in the athletic event proximate to an object within a time window of a an offensive or defensive action in the athletic event.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect includes receiving at least one of a size, shape, time duration, or frequency of an area of a playing surface proximate to a first athlete.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the determining a data representation includes determining at least one of a location, size, or shape of an area created as a result of the relationship between the first aspect of the first object and the second aspect of the second object.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect includes receiving a location and pose of a first athlete in the athletic event, and the receiving a second aspect includes receiving a location of a second athlete in the athletic event having possession of a scoring object.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a first aspect includes receiving a location, motion and pose of a first athlete in the athletic event that is in preparation for receiving an object, and the receiving a second aspect includes receiving a location of a second athlete in the athletic event having possession of an object.

23. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the determining a data representation includes generating an index.

24. A computer-implemented method of generating information from an athletic event comprising:

receiving a first aspect of a first object in the athletic event;

receiving a second aspect of a second object in the athletic event;

determining a data representation with a processor based on the first aspect of the first object relative to the second aspect of the second object; and

displaying an image based on the data representation.

25. The computer-implemented method of claim 24, wherein the displaying includes displaying the image during the athletic event.

26. The computer-implemented method of claim 24, wherein the displaying includes displaying the image subsequent to the athletic event.

27. The computer-implemented method of claim 24, wherein the displaying includes displaying the image within a larger image of the event.

28. A system for generating information from an athletic event comprising:

an object tracker configured to determine a first aspect of a first object and a second aspect of a second object; and

a data manager configured to determine a data representation based on the first aspect of the first object relative to the second aspect of the second object.

29. The system of claim 28, further comprising a sensor system configured to receive information about a first object and a second object.

30. The system of claim 28, further comprising a renderer configured to display an image based on the data representation.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the renderer is further configured to display the image within a larger image of the event.

32. The system of claim 28, further comprising a data server configured to store the data representation.

33. The system of claim 28, wherein the object tracker is configured to record a location of one or more objects in the athletic event.

34. The system of claim 28, wherein the object tracker is configured to record a motion of one or more objects in the athletic event.

35. The system of claim 28, wherein the object tracker is configured to record a pose of one or more athletes in the athletic event.

36. The system of claim 28, wherein each respective aspect is recorded relative to a time reference of the athletic event.

37. The system of claim 28, wherein the object tracker is configured to record at least one of a size, shape, time duration, or frequency of an area proximate to the first object of the athletic event.