US 12,322,216 B2
Artificial intelligence-based timing, imaging, and tracking system for the participatory athletic event market
Arash Kia, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to ACTIVE TRACK, LLC, Portland, OR (US)
Filed by ACTIVE TRACK, LLC
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/971,983.
Application 17/971,983 is a continuation of application No. 17/107,529, filed on Nov. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,501,582.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/942,156, filed on Dec. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0298389 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07C 1/24 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G07C 1/24 (2013.01) [G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); G06V 40/25 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
defining a track on which competitors will participate in a race;
positioning, at each of multiple locations along the track, an object-recognition device configured to recognize at least one physical feature of each of the competitors; and
based on object-recognition data from the object-recognition device positioned at a selected one of the locations, determining a time at which a competitor reaches the selected one of the locations during the race.