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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2007
Richard H. Cavallaro, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vidya Elangovan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marvin S. White, San Carlos, CA (US);
Kenneth A. Milnes, Fremont, CA (US);
Richard H. Cavallaro, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vidya Elangovan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marvin S. White, San Carlos, CA (US);
Kenneth A. Milnes, Fremont, CA (US);
Sportvision, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A representation of an object in an image of a live event is obtained by determining a color profile of the object. The color profile may be determined from the image in real time and compared to stored color profiles to determine a best match. For example, the color profile of the representation of the object can be obtained by classifying color data of the representation of the object into different bins of a color space, in a histogram of color data. The stored color profiles may be indexed to object identifiers, object viewpoints, or object orientations. Color data which is common to different objects or to a background color may be excluded. Further, a template can be used as an additional aid in identifying the representation of the object. The template can include, e.g., a model of the object or pixel data of the object from a prior image.