Computer-implemented capture of live sporting event data

• US 10,616,663 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Issued: 04/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Russell Brands LLC (Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated), Ultracast LLC
• Original Assignee: Russell Brands LLC (Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated)
• Inventors: Davisson, Mark Joseph, Crowley, Michael James, King, Kevin William
• Primary Examiner(s): Dennis, Michael D
• Application Number:
  US14/411,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20150382076A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,475 Days
• Field of Search: 473570
• 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 method for displaying information on a video feed of a basketball game comprising:

receiving at a processor a stream of motion data originating from a sensor on a basketball reflecting motion of the basketball;

identifying, using the processor, within the stream of motion data a data subset reflecting a beginning location and an end location of a predetermined event within the stream of motion data, wherein the processor identifies the beginning location of the predetermined event by comparing the stream of motion data to a data signature associated with the predetermined event and selecting as the beginning location a data location corresponding to the data signature;

receiving at the processor a request to display descriptive data relating to the predetermined event;

analyzing, at the processor, the data subset to identify the requested descriptive data;

annotating a live broadcast signal for a video feed of the basketball game with a data signal that, when transformed into an image, superimposes onto the image a display reflecting the descriptive data; and

transmitting the live broadcast signal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the requested descriptive data is selected from a list of potential displays of descriptive data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined events are selected from the group consisting of a shot, a pass, and a dribble.