SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A SPORTS VIDEO
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1. A method for creating a sports video, said method comprising:
- receiving, by a processing unit, video of a sporting event inclusive of players with unique identifiers on their respective uniforms;
identifying, by the processing unit, at least one unique identifier of the players in the video;
defining, by the processing unit, video segments from the video inclusive of the at least one unique identifier; and
causing, by the processing unit, video segments inclusive of the at least one unique identifier to be individually available for replay.
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Abstract
A system and method for creating a sports video may include receiving video of a sporting event inclusive of players with unique identifiers on their respective uniforms. At least one unique identifier of the players in the video may be identified. Video segments may be defined from the video inclusive of the at least one unique identifier. Video segments inclusive of the at least one unique identifier may be caused to be individually available for replay.
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1. A method for creating a sports video, said method comprising:
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receiving, by a processing unit, video of a sporting event inclusive of players with unique identifiers on their respective uniforms; identifying, by the processing unit, at least one unique identifier of the players in the video; defining, by the processing unit, video segments from the video inclusive of the at least one unique identifier; and causing, by the processing unit, video segments inclusive of the at least one unique identifier to be individually available for replay. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for generating video content, said method comprising:
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receiving, by a processing unit, a plurality of video content segments of a sporting event from video capture devices, the video capture devices operating to crowd source video content; identify, by the processing unit, a player in one or more of the video content segments; extracting, by the processing unit, at least a portion of video content inclusive of the player from the one or more video content segments with the player; and enabling, by the processing unit, the at least a portion of the extracted video content segments with the player to be available for viewing by a user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for sharing video of a sports event, said method comprising:
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receiving, by a processing unit via a communications network, a request inclusive of at least one search parameter from a video capture device; image processing, by the processing unit, video content being received by a plurality of video capture devices at the sports event to identify video content from any of the video capture devices at the sports event inclusive of the at least one search parameter; and responsive to identifying video content inclusive of the at least one search parameter, communicating, by the processing unit via the communications network, video content to the video capture device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for processing video of a sporting event, said system comprising:
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an input/output unit configured to communicate over a communications network and receive image data; a storage unit configured to store image data captured by a plurality of users of a single event; a processing unit in communication with said input/output unit and said storage unit, said processing unit configured to; receive image data being captured real-time from an electronic device, the image data being portions of complete image data of unknown length while being captured by the electronic device; process the image data portions to identify at least one unique identifier associated with a player in the sporting event; stitch successive video segments together; repeat receiving, processing, and stitching of the image data until an end of video identifier is received; and store the completed stitched video in said storage unit for processing. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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