In-play camera associated with headgear used in sporting events and configured to provide wireless transmission of captured video for broadcast to and display at remote video monitors
First Claim
1. A method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one wireless in-play video camera in association with sports headgear worn by an athlete operating as a participant in a live entertainment activity at an entertainment venue;
providing video cameras located throughout said entertainment venue;
capturing video of the live activity with said at least one wireless in-play video camera and said video cameras located throughout said entertainment venue;
transmitting the video captured by said at least one wireless in-play video camera and said video cameras located throughout said entertainment venue to enterprise equipment located at the live entertainment venue for processing said video from said sports headgear and said video cameras located throughout said entertainment venue;
processing at said enterprise equipment the video captured by said at least one wireless in-play video camera for wireless streaming of the video as digital data to authorized remote video monitors via a wireless data network capable of wirelessly streaming said digital data and comprising at least one of a cellular network and a wireless LAN; and
wirelessly streaming the video as said digital data from a server to the authorized remote video monitors via said wireless data network capable of wirelessly streaming said digital data and comprising at least one of a cellular network and a wireless LAN.
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Abstract
System and method for capturing visual perspectives of live activities at an entertainment venue with wireless in-play video cameras associated with user equipment for transmission to enterprise equipment for processing and broadcast to remote video monitors for display. Video recording can be from more than one entertainment venue or can be more than one wireless in-play video camera. Remote video monitors can be venue-based hand held devices or video monitors used at home. Remote video monitors can include hand held devices and high definition televisions (e.g., HDTVs) including flat panel display screens therein. A user can select from more than one view from video cameras that the user wants displayed on the remote viewer, enabling a user of the remote video monitor to view more than one camera view through the remote viewer at a time/simultaneously.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one wireless in-play video camera in association with sports headgear worn by an athlete operating as a participant in a live entertainment activity at an entertainment venue; providing video cameras located throughout said entertainment venue; capturing video of the live activity with said at least one wireless in-play video camera and said video cameras located throughout said entertainment venue; transmitting the video captured by said at least one wireless in-play video camera and said video cameras located throughout said entertainment venue to enterprise equipment located at the live entertainment venue for processing said video from said sports headgear and said video cameras located throughout said entertainment venue; processing at said enterprise equipment the video captured by said at least one wireless in-play video camera for wireless streaming of the video as digital data to authorized remote video monitors via a wireless data network capable of wirelessly streaming said digital data and comprising at least one of a cellular network and a wireless LAN; and wirelessly streaming the video as said digital data from a server to the authorized remote video monitors via said wireless data network capable of wirelessly streaming said digital data and comprising at least one of a cellular network and a wireless LAN. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display via at least one remote video monitor, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a wireless in-play video camera mounted in headgear worn by a sporting activity participant in a live activity in front of a live audience at an entertainment venue; capturing video of the live activity with said wireless in-play video camera mounted in headgear worn by a sporting activity participant; capturing video from video cameras located throughout said entertainment venue; transmitting the video captured by said wireless in-play video camera mounted in headgear worn by a sporting activity participant and from video cameras located through said entertainment venue to enterprise equipment for processing as streaming video, said enterprise equipment associated with the live entertainment venue; and wirelessly streaming of the video as digital data from a server to said at least one remote video monitor via a wireless data network capable of streaming said digital data and comprising at least one of a cellular network and a wireless LAN, if said at least one remote video monitor is authorized to receive the wirelessly streaming of the video. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A wireless in-play video camera system that provides visual perspectives captured of live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors, said system comprising:
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user equipment provided in the form of safety headgear worn by and associated with an athlete as a participant in a live sports activity performed as entertainment occurring at a live entertainment venue in front of a live audience; a wireless in-play video camera integrated within said headgear, said wireless camera configured to capture visual perspective of the live activity in the entertainment venue and transmit captured visual perspectives to enterprise equipment located within the entertainment venue; video cameras located throughout said entertainment venue and providing live video in addition to video provided by said wireless video camera integrated within said headgear; enterprise equipment located at the live entertainment venue and receiving video captured by said wireless in-play video camera mounted in headgear worn by a sporting activity participant and from said video cameras located throughout said entertainment venue and processing said video into streaming video for broadcast over wireless data communications networks capable of streaming said streaming video as said digital data to at least one remote video monitor comprising at least one of a hand held device and a high definition television; and a processor that processes at said enterprise equipment, the video captured by said at least one wireless in-play video camera for wireless streaming of the video as digital data from at least one server to said at least one remote video monitor via said wireless data communications networks capable of streaming said digital data and comprising at least one of a cellular network and a wireless LAN, if said at least one remote video monitor is authorized to receive said wireless streaming of the video as said digital data from said at least one server. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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