Play Sequence Visualization and Analysis

• US 20110013087A1
• Filed: 07/12/2010
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: PVI Virtual Media Services, LLC (Altice USA, Inc.)
• Inventors: Akin, Ilke Levent, House, Gregory
• Granted Patent: US 9,186,548 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/564
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0028 Tracking the path of an object, e.g. a ball inside a soccer pitch
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0031 at the starting point
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0034 during flight
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0056 for statistical or strategic analysis
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0065 Evaluating the fitness, e.g. fitness level or fitness index
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0647 Visualisation of executed movements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/18 Baseball, rounders or similar games
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/22 Field hockey
• 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 2220/30 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/806 Video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/20 with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2243/0025 Football
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2243/0037 Basketball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2243/0066 Rugby; American football
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0021 Tracking a path or terminating locations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 : Insert-editing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/13 : the information being derived from movement of the record carrier, e.g. using tachometer
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 : by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 : Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23418 : involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 : of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 : End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 : specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8146 : involving graphical data, e.g. 3D object, 2D graphics
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2624 : for obtaining an image which is composed of whole input images, e.g. splitscreen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2625 : for obtaining an image which is composed of images from a temporal image sequence, e.g. for a stroboscopic effect sequence generated by event triggered capturing H04N7/188

Abstract

A method for visualizing plays in a sporting event may include receiving a video stream of the sporting event and a measurement stream, asynchronous to the video stream, associated with objects in the sporting event. The method may further include displaying a synchronized presentation of the video stream and the measurement stream. The synchronization may be performed near the time of the displaying. Another method for visualizing plays in a sporting event may include receiving measurement information related to actions from one or more sporting events. The method may also include identifying plays from the actions using the measurement information and displaying a representation of the identified plays. A system for visualizing plays in a sporting event may include an integrated server and a synchronization mechanism. Another method for visualizing plays in a sporting event may include displaying a video of a play selected from a representation.

Claims

1. A system for visualizing an action in a sporting event comprising:

an integrated server configured to

receive a video stream of the sporting event;

receive a measurement stream associated with one or more objects in the sporting event, wherein the measurement stream is asynchronous to the video stream; and

a synchronization mechanism configured to display a synchronized presentation of the video stream and a two-dimensional representation of the measurement stream.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the integrated server is configured to receive the video stream at a location remote from the sporting event, and the synchronization mechanism is further configured to perform the synchronization near the time of display.

3. A computer-implemented method for visualizing plays in a sporting event comprising:

receiving a video stream of the sporting event, wherein the video stream is received at a location remote from the sporting event;

receiving a measurement stream associated with one or more objects in the sporting event, wherein the measurement stream is asynchronous to the video stream; and

displaying a synchronized presentation of the video stream and a two-dimensional representation of the measurement stream, wherein the synchronization is performed near the time of the displaying.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein displaying a synchronized presentation includes using the measurement stream as a master synchronizing stream.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein displaying a synchronized presentation includes using the video stream as a master synchronizing stream.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein displaying a synchronized presentation includes determining whether to use the video stream or the measurement stream as a master synchronizing stream.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the receiving a measurement stream occurs during the sporting event.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the receiving a measurement stream includes receiving a measurement stream associated with one or more athletes in sporting event.

9. The method of claim 3 wherein the displaying includes displaying an animated view.

10. The method of claim 3, wherein the displaying includes displaying one or more images of a diagram view.

11. The method of claim 3, wherein the displaying includes displaying a graphic enhancement embedded in video.

12. A system for visualizing an action in a sporting event comprising:

an integrated server configured to

receive measurement information based on one or more measurements related to one or more actions from one or more sporting events;

identify one or more plays from the one or more actions using the measurement information; and

prepare a representation of the one or more plays for display.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the integrated server is further configured to receive measurement information based on automatically analyzing video of the one or more actions from the one or more sporting events.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the integrated server is further configured to identify one or more plays that are similar in the one or more sporting events.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the integrated server is further configured to identify the one or more plays based on measurements in a region of the one or more sporting events.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the integrated server is further configured to identify the one or more plays based on measurements near an identified action.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the integrated server is further configured to identify a subset of the one or more plays associated with one or more players.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the integrated server is further configured to identify a subset of the one or more plays associated with one or more locations in the sporting event.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the integrated server is further configured to identify separate actions within the one or more plays.

20. A computer-implemented method for visualizing plays in a sporting event comprising:

receiving measurement information based on one or more measurements related to one or more actions from one or more sporting events;

identifying one or more plays from the one or more actions using the measurement information; and

displaying a representation of the identified one or more plays.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the receiving includes receiving measurement information based on automatically analyzing video of the one or more actions from the one or more sporting events.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the receiving includes receiving one or more position measurements of a first object of an action in relation to a second object of the action.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the receiving includes receiving a distance measurement over a period of time for a first object.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein the receiving includes receiving one or more velocity measurements of a first object during one or more actions.

25. The method of claim 20, wherein the receiving includes receiving one or more measurements of a first object based on a trajectory of the first object during an action.

26. The method of claim 20, wherein the identifying includes identifying one or more plays that are similar in the one or more sporting events.

27. The method of claim 20, wherein the identifying includes identifying the one or more plays based on measurements in a region of the one or more sporting events.

28. The method of claim 20, wherein the identifying includes identifying the one or more plays based on measurements near an identified action.

29. The method of claim 20, wherein the identifying includes identifying a subset of the one or more plays associated with one or more players.

30. The method of claim 20, wherein the identifying includes identifying a subset of the one or more plays associated with one or more locations in the sporting event.

31. The method of claim 20, wherein the identifying includes identifying separate actions within the one or more plays.

32. The method of claim 20, further comprising displaying one or more respective video sequences associated with the one or more plays.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the one or more respective video sequences contains video from one or more video sources.

34. A system for visualizing plays in a sporting event comprising:

an integrated server configured to

display a two-dimensional representation of one or more plays of the sporting event, wherein each of the one or more plays are displayed on the two-dimensional representation according to an actual location of the respective play in the sporting event;

receive a play selection corresponding to the one or more plays represented in the two-dimensional representation; and

display a video corresponding to the play selection.

35. A computer-implemented method for visualizing plays in a sporting event comprising:

displaying a two-dimensional representation of one or more plays of the sporting event, wherein each of the one or more plays are displayed on the two-dimensional representation according to an actual location of the respective play in the sporting event;

receiving a play selection corresponding to the one or more plays represented in the two-dimensional representation; and

displaying a video corresponding to the play selection.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein the displaying a video includes displaying a video segment for each action of the selected play.

37. The method of claim 35, wherein the displaying a video includes synchronizing the video with one or more statistics.

38. The method of claim 35, wherein the displaying the two-dimensional representation includes displaying the one or more plays according to one or more diagram views.

39. The method of claim 35, wherein the displaying the two-dimensional representation includes displaying one or more animated views.

40. The method of claim 35, wherein the displaying includes displaying the video according to time-line controls.

41. The method of claim 35, wherein the receiving a play selection includes receiving a play selection according to a time-line view of the respective play.

42. A computer-implemented method for identifying plays in a sporting event comprising:

receiving a video sequence containing one or more plays of one or more sporting events;

determining a portion of the video sequence associated with an identified play of the one or more plays of the sporting event;

extracting one or more measurements of one or more actions for the identified play based on automatically analyzing at least part of the portion of the video sequence; and

storing measurement information for the identified play, wherein the measurement information is based on the extracted one or more measurements.

43. The method of claim 42, wherein the determining a portion of the video sequence includes automatically analyzing at least part of the video sequence.

44. The method of claim 42, wherein the extracting includes determining a field of view of the camera for at least part of the portion of the video sequence.

45. The method of claim 42, wherein the receiving includes receiving a video sequence containing video from one or more sources.

46. A system for identifying plays in a sporting event comprising:

an automated data analyzer configured to

receive a video sequence containing one or plays from one or more sporting events;

determine a portion of the video sequence associated with an identified play of the one or more plays of the sporting event; and

extract one or more measurements of one or more actions for the identified play based on automatically analyzing at least part of the portion of the video sequence; and

an integrated server configured to store measurement information for the identified play, wherein the measurement information is based on the extracted one or more measurements.

47. The system of claim 46, wherein the automated data analyzer is configured to determine a portion of the video sequence by automatically analyzing the video sequence.

48. A system for identifying plays in a sporting event comprising:

an automated data analyzer configured to

receive a portion of a video sequence associated with an identified play of one or more plays of one or more sporting events; and

extract one or more measurements of one or more actions for the identified play based on automatically analyzing at least part of the portion of the video sequence; and

an integrated server configured to store measurement information for the identified play, wherein the measurement information is based on the extracted one or more measurements.