PLAYBOOK PROCESSOR

• US 20170203185A1
• Filed: 04/04/2017
• Published: 07/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Prosports Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Prosports Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Cronin, John E.
• Granted Patent: US 9,919,197 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/70 of video data
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/42 of sport video content

Abstract

Systems and methods for identifying recorded playbook plays are described. The method includes recording locations of one or more players during execution of a play and evaluating the recorded locations with one or more known plays in a playbook. Based on the evaluation, one or more plays can be identified as being most correlated with the recently executed play. The evaluation can also be used to compare how a particular player has been executing the playbook play (e.g., deviations). Use of the identified play can also be used to produce one or more counter-plays.

Claims

1. A method for comparative sports performance analysis, the method comprising:

storing a plurality of paths in memory, each path stored in association with at least one of a plurality of possible plays;

receiving a plurality of measured locations of a first player while the first player is performing a first play over a first time period, the plurality of measured locations received from one or more sensor devices;

identifying a player path based on connecting the plurality of measured locations;

identifying one or more of the stored paths that match the identified player path, wherein a match is identified when the identified player path is within a pre-determined deviation threshold of the respective stored path and when the respective stored path is associated with a stored play corresponding to the first play;

generating a player performance evaluation based on a comparison between the identified player path and the one or more matching paths stored in memory; and

providing the player performance evaluation to a designated interface device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the player performance evaluation indicates that the first player performed the first play in a manner that corresponds to the stored path.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the player performance evaluation indicates that the first player performed the first play in a manner that deviates from the stored path.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the player performance evaluation indicates how closely the manner in which the first player performed the first play corresponds to the stored path.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each stored path includes an ideal path for the associated stored play.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein generating the player performance evaluation comprises comparing the identified player path to the ideal path of the matching stored path.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each stored path include historical data regarding historical performance of the associated stored play.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising identifying a historical success rate of the first play based on historical data associated with the matching paths.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

identifying a plurality of counter-plays responsive to the first play based on the associated historical data of the matching paths;

identifying a success rate for each identified counter-path based on the associated historical data; and

identifying one of the identified counter-paths associated with a best success rate.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein generating the player performance evaluation comprises comparing the identified player path to an average historical path of the matching stored paths.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more sensor devices is coupled to the first player.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein each stored path includes an ideal path and associated historical data.

13. A system for comparative sports performance analysis, the system comprising:

one or more databases that store a plurality of paths, each path stored in association with one of a plurality of possible plays;

a communication interface that receives a plurality of measured locations of a first player while the first player is performing a first play over a first time period, the plurality of measured locations received from one or more sensor devices;

a processor coupled to memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor;

identifies a player path based on connecting the plurality of measured locations,

identifies one or more of the stored paths that match the identified player path, wherein a match is identified when the identified player path is within a pre-determined deviation threshold of the respective stored path and when the respective stored path is associated with a stored play corresponding to the first play,

generate a player performance evaluation based on a comparison between the identified player path and the one or more matching paths stored in memory, and

provide the player performance evaluation to a designated interface device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein each stored path includes an ideal path for the associated stored play.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor generates the player performance evaluation by comparing the identified player path to the ideal path of the matching stored path.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein each stored path include historical data regarding historical performance of the associated stored play.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising identifying a historical success rate of the first play based on historical data associated with the matching paths.

18. The system of claim 16, further comprising identifying a plurality of counter-plays responsive to the first play based on the associated historical data of the matching paths.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the player performance evaluation indicates how closely the manner in which the first player performed the first play corresponds to the stored path.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, wherein the program is executable by a processor to perform a method of comparative sports performance analysis, the method comprising:

storing a plurality of paths in memory, each path stored in association with at least one of a plurality of possible plays;

receiving a plurality of measured locations of a first player while the first player is performing a first play over a first time period, the plurality of measured locations received from one or more sensor devices;

identifying a player path based on connecting the plurality of measured locations;

identifying one or more of the stored paths that match the identified player path, wherein a match is identified when the identified player path is within a pre-determined deviation threshold of the respective stored path and when the respective stored path is associated with a stored play corresponding to the first play;

generating a player performance evaluation based on a comparison between the identified player path and the one or more matching paths stored in memory; and

providing the player performance evaluation to a designated interface device.