US 12,268,935 B2
Stick patterns in a sporting event
Mike Dahlstedt, Coquitlam (CA)
Filed by Drive Hockey Analytics, Coquitlam (CA)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/599,171.
Application 18/599,171 is a continuation of application No. 17/066,365, filed on Oct. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,998,803.
Claims priority of application No. CA 3055343 (CA), filed on Oct. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0207681 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. A63B 24/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01)
CPC A63B 24/0062 (2013.01) [G06V 20/42 (2022.01); G06V 40/23 (2022.01); A63B 2225/50 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring possession in a sporting event comprising:
capturing player location data for a plurality of players;
capturing stick orientation data for a plurality of sticks, each stick associated with a respective player;
capturing projectile location data for a sports projectile;
processing the location data to determine proximity of the sports projectile to each of the plurality of players to compute a first possession probability for each player;
for each of the plurality of players, determine a set of contentious players that are within a contentious proximity of the sports projectile;
for the set of contentious players, comparing respective stick orientation data to compute a relative probability of a given contentious player having possession of the sports projectile, wherein the step of computing the relative probability further comprises determining a stick end location for each stick using each player location data and respective stick orientation data, then computing proximity of each determined stick end location to the sports projectile;
and determining which of the plurality of players has possession of the sports projectile based on their respective first possession probability and relative probabilities;
recording the determined player having possession of the sport projectile in a datastore.