US 11,836,929 B2
Systems and methods for determining trajectories of basketball shots for display
Alan W. Marty, Menlo Park, CA (US); Thomas A. Edwards, Menlo Park, CA (US); and John Carter, Elkmont, AL (US)
Assigned to Pillar Vision, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Pillar Vision, Inc., Menlo Park, AL (US)
Filed on May 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/328,546.
Application 17/328,546 is a continuation of application No. 16/433,428, filed on Jun. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,049,258.
Application 16/433,428 is a continuation of application No. 12/127,744, filed on May 27, 2008, granted, now 10,360,685, issued on Jul. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/931,950, filed on May 24, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2022/0122269 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 24/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01); A63B 69/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/285 (2017.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); A63B 69/38 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/20 (2013.01) [A63B 24/0003 (2013.01); A63B 24/0021 (2013.01); A63B 69/00 (2013.01); A63B 71/0605 (2013.01); G06T 7/285 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); A63B 69/0071 (2013.01); A63B 69/38 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0034 (2013.01); A63B 2220/806 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30224 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30241 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A method for basketball, comprising:
capturing images of at least a portion of a basketball shot towards a basketball hoop;
identifying by at least one processor the basketball and a hand of a player in the images;
determining locations of the hand in the images during motion of the hand for the basketball shot;
determining by the at least one processor, based on the images and the determined locations of the hand in the images during the motion, at least one location of the basketball in three-dimensional (3D) space relative to the hand of the player in the images;
determining by the at least one processor a trajectory of the basketball in 3D space based on the images;
determining by the at least one processor, based on the determining the locations of the hand in the images during the motion, an extent to which the hand affects the trajectory of the basketball;
providing an output by the at least one processor based on the determined at least one location of the basketball relative to the hand and indicating the extent to which the hand is determined to affect the trajectory of the basketball;
displaying at least a portion of the basketball shot with a display device; and
presenting on a display of the portion of the basketball shot by the display device visual information or graphics based on the determined trajectory, the visual information or graphics based on the extent to which the hand is determined to affect the trajectory of the basketball.