CREATING AND VIEWING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT FROM DATA OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S PERFORMANCE IN A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

• US 20110071792A1
• Filed: 08/26/2010
• Published: 03/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TRX Sports, Inc.
• Original Assignee: TRX Sports, Inc.
• Inventors: Miner, Cameron
• Application Number:
  US12/869,096
• Publication Number:
  US 20110071792A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/182
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42201 biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring

Abstract

Individuals participating in various sports or other physical activities can have data and media captured to provide a record of such activities. Small devices including a variety of sensors attached to individuals or equipment can capture data about the individual'"'"'s performance. Video cameras, still image cameras and microphones can be placed throughout the venue or on the individuals to capture audio and image data. Audio, video, location information and performance data can be captured and then used to produce media of the activity. As a result of such data capture techniques, the data from sensors and the image and video data from the cameras are associated with the identification and location of the individual during the course of the individual'"'"'s performance. Using this information, various media, such as videos, maps and other images, and combinations thereof, can be generated for each individual based on events occurring in the individual'"'"'s performance and the location of the individual. Individuals can use such media for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to, sharing it with others.

Claims

1. A method for selecting image data for a program relating to an individual'"'"'s participation in a physical activity, comprising:

receiving data indicative of positions of an individual over time;

accessing image data captured of a location over time; and

selecting portions the image data according to an intersection of the positions of the individual over time and the location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the positions of the individual over time includes data of a detector detecting the presence of the individual in the proximity of the location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the positions of the individual over time includes data from a transmitter indicating the position of the individual at each of a plurality of points in time.

4. A method for generating a map describing an individual'"'"'s participation in a physical activity, comprising:

receiving data indicative of motion of an individual over time; and

generating a map according to events related to the motion of the individual over time.

5. A method for generating a media program related to an individual'"'"'s participation in a physical activity, comprising:

receiving data indicative of motion of an individual over time;

accessing image data captured over time; and

selecting portions the image data according to events related to the motion of the individual over time.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the data indicative of the motion of the individual over time comprises data indicative of the location of the individual over time;

wherein the video data is captured of a location over time, and wherein the event related to the motion of the individual over time is the proximity of the individual to the location captured in the video data.

7. A method for evaluating a performance of an individual, comprising:

sensing whether a transmitter is proximate a receiver;

identifying an individual associated with the sensed transmitter;

retrieving location and performance data associated with the individual using an indication of the identified individual;

processing the retrieved location and performance data to generate performance statistics;

causing the performance statistics to be displayed.

8. A method for providing media data associated with an individual'"'"'s performance,

sensing whether a transmitter is proximate a receiver;

identifying an individual associated with the sensed transmitter;

retrieving media data associated with the individual using an indication of the identified individual;

displaying the retrieved media data associated with the individual on a display while the individual is proximate the receiver.