US 12,220,615 B2
Method, device and computer software for determining a relative performance measure between at least two players in a sport
Matthew Lunt, Basingstoke (GB); and Paul Martin Hawkins, Basingstoke (GB)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP); and Sony Europe B.V., Weybridge (GB)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP); and Sony Europe B.V., Weybridge (GB)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,077.
Claims priority of application No. 2012525 (GB), filed on Aug. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0047917 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01); A63B 102/02 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 24/0062 (2013.01) [A63B 24/0021 (2013.01); A63B 71/0622 (2013.01); A63B 71/0686 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0025 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0028 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0068 (2013.01); A63B 2102/02 (2015.10); A63B 2220/05 (2013.01); A63B 2220/20 (2013.01); A63B 2220/35 (2013.01); A63B 2220/62 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining a relative performance measure between at least two players in a sport, comprising:
receiving, from a plurality of cameras surrounding the at least two players, a plurality of images of the at least two players and a sporting projectile used by the at least two players in the sport as image information;
receiving audio information corresponding to the at least two players in the sport and a sporting projectile used by the at least two players in the sport;
receiving global positioning information corresponding to the at least two players and a sporting projectile used by the at least two players in the sport;
determining position information, by applying an analyzing algorithm on the image information using processing circuitry, audio information, and global positioning information, relating to each of the at least two players and the sporting projectile as each player hits or receives the sporting projectile;
determining, based on an analysis of the position information and using the processing circuitry, the relative performance measure between the players, the performance measure indicating a dominance one player has over the other player of the at least two players; and
reporting the determined performance measure such that at least one of the at least two players is able to improve performance based on the reported performance measure,
wherein the performance measure includes an amount of time that the one player is in a position of control over the sporting projectile with respect to the other player.