Game Video Processing Systems and Methods

• US 20160365121A1
• Filed: 06/02/2016
• Published: 12/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David M. Decaprio
• Original Assignee: David M. Decaprio
• Inventors: DeCaprio, David M.
• Granted Patent: US 10,269,390 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/24 Classification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/40 Extraction of image or video features
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/764 using classification, e.g. of video objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/42 of sport video content
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/46 Extracting features or characteristics from the video content, e.g. video fingerprints, representative shots or key frames
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/49 Segmenting video sequences, i.e. computational techniques such as parsing or cutting the sequence, low-level clustering or determining units such as shots or scenes
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• 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 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

In some embodiments, a video processing system may be configured to process a video of a sporting event or match to determine a start point and an end point of each of a plurality of events within the match. The video processing system may automatically determine data associated with each event of the plurality of events based on the video and store the data in a memory. In some embodiments, the video processing system may segment the video into a plurality of video clips such that each video clip corresponds to one of the events of the plurality of events.

Claims

1. A video processing system comprising:

a processor configured to process video data including a sporting match, and

a memory accessible to the processor and configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to;

determine a start point and an end point of each of a plurality of events within the video of the sporting match;

automatically determine data associated with each event of the plurality of events based on the video; and

store the determined data and the video data in the memory.

2. The video processing system of claim 1, wherein the memory is further configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to separate the video into a plurality of video clips, each video clip corresponding to an event of the plurality of events.

3. The video processing system of claim 1, further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to monitor the positions and movement of one or more objects within the video to determine the start point and the end point of each event of the plurality of events.

4. The video processing system of claim 1, further comprising overlaying at least a portion of the determined data onto the video data.

5. The video processing system of claim 1, wherein:

the determined data comprises a score of the tennis match; and

the memory further includes instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to overlay the score onto the video data.

6. The video processing system of claim 5, wherein the memory further includes instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to selectively adjust a position of the score within the video data.

7. The video processing system of claim 1, wherein the memory further includes instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to select an event from the plurality of events, insert a descriptor indicating an outcome of the selected event within the video data, and store the video data and the descriptor in the memory.

8. The video processing system of claim 7, wherein the descriptor includes at least one of a text description and an icon indicating the outcome.

9. A video processing system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory accessible to the processor and configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to;

receive a video of a sporting match, the video including a sequence of frames;

determine a plurality of events in the sequence of frames based on movement within the sequence of frames, each event corresponding to a subset of frames of the sequence of frames;

determine an outcome of each event of the plurality of events; and

selectively overlay a descriptor indicating the outcome of a selected event of the plurality of events within the subset of frames.

10. The video processing system of claim 9, wherein the instructions cause the processor to selectively overlay the descriptor within some, but not all, of the subset of frames.

11. The video processing system of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

identify a start frame and an end frame of each event; and

selectively delete frames between an end frame of an event and a start frame of a next event.

12. The video processing system of claim 9, further including instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to separate the video into a plurality of video clips, each video clip corresponding to an event of the plurality of events.

13. The video processing system of claim 9, wherein the event comprises a point within a tennis match.

14. The video processing system of claim 9, further including instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

determine data about the event; and

overlay at least a portion of the determined data within the subset of frames corresponding to the event.

15. The video processing system of claim 14, wherein the determined data comprises a score of the tennis match.

16. The video processing system of claim 15, wherein the memory further includes instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to selectively adjust a position of the score within the subset of frames.

17. The video processing system of claim 9, wherein the descriptor includes at least one of a text description and an icon indicating the outcome.

18. A method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, a video of a sporting match, the video including a sequence of frames;

automatically determining, using a processor of the computing device, a plurality of events within the sequence of frames, each event corresponding to a subset of frames of the sequence of frames;

determining an outcome of each event of the plurality of events; and

selectively inserting a descriptor within the subset of frames for each event of the plurality of events, the descriptor indicating the determined outcome of the event.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

determining a score associated with the sporting match at an end of each event of the plurality of events; and

selectively presenting the score within the subset of frames.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein selectively presenting the score within the subset of frames comprises:

displaying the score within the subset of frames; and

selectively updating the score before a first frame of a next subset of frames in the sequence of frames.