System and method for capturing and analyzing tennis player performances and tendencies
First Claim
1. A system for capturing and analyzing data from a tennis match to show player'"'"'s tendencies, comprising:
- a data collection unit for capturing data related to a player'"'"'s performance during a tennis match;
a storage device for storing data captured by said data collection unit;
a computer system for analyzing and manipulating the stored data to determine player tendencies, said computer system including data processing software structured to sort said stored data by at least one specified sort criteria and generate a representation of said tendencies from at least a portion of said stored data that matches said specified sort criteria;
an operator interface in communication with said computer system for inputting said sort criteria; and
a display for presenting said representation to a viewer.
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Abstract
A system and method for capturing and analyzing data from a tennis match and converting the data into a representation of the player'"'"'s performances and tendencies. The system includes means for capturing data related to a player'"'"'s performance during a tennis match. In one particular embodiment, the means for capturing data includes a video camera, structured to capture one or more tennis players on the court during a match. In another embodiment the data is captured manually. The system further includes a means for analyzing and manipulating the captured data to determine performance and tendency characteristics. The manipulated data can then be provided in certain predetermined graphical, statistical or descriptive formats which demonstrate the player'"'"'s tendencies with respect to the locations that he or she hits the ball for different types of shots and the results in each location for each type of shot.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for capturing and analyzing data from a tennis match to show player'"'"'s tendencies, comprising:
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a data collection unit for capturing data related to a player'"'"'s performance during a tennis match;
a storage device for storing data captured by said data collection unit;
a computer system for analyzing and manipulating the stored data to determine player tendencies, said computer system including data processing software structured to sort said stored data by at least one specified sort criteria and generate a representation of said tendencies from at least a portion of said stored data that matches said specified sort criteria;
an operator interface in communication with said computer system for inputting said sort criteria; and
a display for presenting said representation to a viewer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for analyzing tennis player performance data to show player tendencies, comprising:
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(a) dividing the tennis court into a plurality of discrete locations;
(b) acquiring at least one piece of data related to player performance on said tennis court and correlating said at least one piece of data to at least one of said discrete locations;
(c) storing said at least one piece of data in association with said at least one of said discrete locations;
(d) repeating steps (b) and (c) at least one time to accumulate a plurality of data;
(e) sorting said plurality of data by at least one sort criterion relative to at least one discrete location;
(f) displaying at least a portion of said data related to at least one discrete location. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for capturing and analyzing data from a tennis match to show player'"'"'s tendencies, comprising:
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collecting data related to a player'"'"'s performance during a tennis match;
storing the collected data;
inputting at least one desired sort criteria;
manipulating the stored data pursuant to said sort criteria to obtain a subset of said collected data;
generating a representation of said subset;
displaying said representation to a viewer; and
analyzing said subset to determine a player'"'"'s tendencies. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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