COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED CAPTURE OF LIVE SPORTING EVENT DATA

• US 20150382076A1
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Russell Brands LLC (Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated), Ultracast LLC
• Original Assignee: Information Sports Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Davisson, Mark Joseph, Crowley, Michael James, King, Kevin William
• Granted Patent: US 10,616,663 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/04 from field pickup units [FPU]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/07 characterised by processes or methods for the generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/28 Mobile studios

Abstract

A computer-implemented data acquisition method includes obtaining motion data telemetrically from a wireless transmitter mounted on or inside a sporting device that is handled by athletes in an athletic event, and presenting the data to viewers of the sporting event. The data includes motion data that is captured while the sporting device is being used in the athletic event and represents motion of the sporting device captured by one or more motion sensors connected to the wireless transmitter.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented data acquisition method, comprising:

obtaining motion data telemetrically from a wireless transmitter mounted on or inside a sporting device that is handled by athletes in an athletic event, the data includes motion data that represents motion of the sporting device and that is captured while the sporting device is being used in the athletic event, the data captured by one or more motion sensors connected to the wireless transmitter; and

processing the motion data with one or more processors of a computing system to create human-interpretable descriptive data that identifies one or more particular features of the sporting device'"'"'s motion during an identified time period.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising providing the descriptive data for broadcast in real-time or near real-time with video broadcast of the athletic event.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising identifying beginning and ending boundaries for the identified time period based on motion of the sporting device matching a profile motion for known athletic occurrences for a sport that corresponds to the athletic event.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the known athletic occurrences are selected from the group consisting of a shot, a throw, a kick, a pass, and a dribble.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising coordinating the obtained motion data, the descriptive data, or both, with manually-entered data that identifies which player, of a plurality of players, was responsible for creating the motion data.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein coordinating the obtained motion data comprises analyzing the motion data to identify boundary events that represent changes in possession, between particular players, of the sporting device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising updating statistical records for particular players over the course of the athletic event using the obtained motion data, descriptive data, or both.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising coordinating the obtained motion data, the descriptive data, or both, as being created by one of a plurality of teams that are taking part in the athletic event.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising creating per-player skill models using the motion data, the per-player skill models representing characteristics of athletic performance characteristics for particular ones of the players in a human-discernable and human-interpretable form.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising generating a game transcript that represents a chronological indication of motion events during the athletic event coordinated with particular players who created the motion events.

11. One or more computer-readable storage media having recorded thereon instructions, that when executed, perform operations comprising:

obtaining motion data telemetrically from a wireless transmitter mounted on or inside a sporting device that is handled by athletes in an athletic event, the data, including motion data that is captured while the sporting device is being used in the athletic event and representing motion of the sporting device captured by one or more motion sensors connected to the wireless transmitter; and

processing the motion data with one or more processors of a computing system to create human-interpretable descriptive data that identifies one or more particular features of the sporting device'"'"'s motion during an identified time period.

12. The computer-readable storage media of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise providing the descriptive data for broadcast in real-time or near real-time with video broadcast of the athletic event.

13. The computer-readable storage media of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise identifying beginning and ending boundaries for the identified time period based on motion of the sporting device matching profile motion for known athletic occurrences for a sport that corresponds to the athletic event.

14. The computer-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein the known athletic occurrences are selected for a group consisting of a shot, a throw, a kick, a pass, and a dribble.

15. The computer-readable storage media of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise coordinating the obtained motion data, the descriptive data, or both, with manually-entered data that identifies which player, of a plurality of players, was responsible for creating the motion data.

16. The computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein coordinating the obtained motion data comprises analyzing the motion data to identify boundary events that represent changes in possession, between particular players, of the sporting device.

17. The computer-readable storage media of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise updating statistical records for particular players over the course of the athletic event using the obtained motion data, descriptive data, or both.

18. The computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise coordinating the obtained motion data, the descriptive data, or both, as being created by one of a plurality of teams that are taking part in the athletic event.

19. The computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise creating per-player skill models using the motion data, the per-player skill models representing characteristics of athletic performance characteristics for particular ones of the players in a human-discernable and human-interpretable form.

20. The computer-readable storage media of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise generating a game transcript that represents a chronological indication of motion events during the athletic event coordinated with particular players who created the motion events.