US 12,290,737 B2
Automated or assisted umpiring of baseball game using computer vision
Josh D. Spivak, San Francisco, CA (US); Graham W. Goldbeck, Oakland, CA (US); Ryan A. Zander, Burlingame, CA (US); Ted C. Chen, Valencia, CA (US); Robert C. Amyx, San Jose, CA (US); and James G. Painter, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation, Durham, NC (US)
Filed by SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation, Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/627,783.
Application 18/627,783 is a continuation of application No. 18/109,614, filed on Feb. 14, 2023, granted, now 11,951,373.
Application 18/109,614 is a continuation of application No. 17/717,761, filed on Apr. 11, 2022, granted, now 12,115,429.
Application 17/717,761 is a continuation of application No. 16/857,983, filed on Apr. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,305,174, issued on Apr. 19, 2022.
Application 16/857,983 is a continuation of application No. 16/124,861, filed on Sep. 7, 2018, granted, now 10,632,359, issued on Apr. 28, 2020.
Application 16/124,861 is a continuation of application No. 15/157,222, filed on May 17, 2016, granted, now 10,076,698, issued on Sep. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0245971 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/254 (2017.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01)
CPC A63B 71/0605 (2013.01) [G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/254 (2017.01); G06V 20/42 (2022.01); G06V 40/23 (2022.01); A63B 2220/806 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30224 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30241 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for automating umpiring or automatically assisting umpiring of a baseball game or a softball game comprising:
at least two cameras configured to capture images of a ball;
at least one processor in communication with the at least two cameras, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
determine a location of a strike zone based on at least one image of a batter;
add a visual representation of the strike zone to a video or an image from a video;
track locations of the ball;
determine at least one location of the ball;
determine whether at least one location of the ball intersected with the strike zone based on the determined location of the strike zone and the tracked locations of the ball;
transmit an auditory indication and/or a visual indication of whether the ball intersected with the strike zone; and
associate the location of the strike zone with a batter and save the location of the strike zone for reuse for subsequent at-bats for the batter.