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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2015
Livebarn Inc., Montreal, CA;
Peter Ibrahim, Westmount, CA;
Farrel Miller, Westmount, CA;
LIVEBARN INC., Montreal, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
A system and method optically track players and automatically capture broadcastable video of a sporting event within a venue. The system includes at least one fixed tracking camera, a remote-controlled broadcast camera, and a scoreboard camera, with each of the components being in communication with a processing system. The method involves dividing the venue into zones of interest, optically tracking individual players in the zones of interest, identifying player groups in the zones of interest, determining a zone of interest containing the most players, analyzing player activity in the zone of interest with the most players, selecting a current gameplay scenario corresponding to the player activity from a set of predetermined gameplay scenarios, and adjusting the pan, tilt and zoom of a broadcast camera according to the current gameplay scenario.