US 12,462,416 B2
Estimating missing player locations in broadcast video feeds
Adedapo Alabi, Cincinnati, OH (US); Matthew Scott, Chicago, IL (US); and Patrick Joseph Lucey, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to STATS LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by STATS LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/930,571.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/261,050, filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0070051 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/292 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/70 (2017.01) [G06T 7/292 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30221 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing system, broadcast video data corresponding to a sporting event and in-venue video data;
analyzing, by the computing system, the broadcast video data to determine whether the broadcast video data includes a known starting player location at a start of the possession and a known ending player location at an end of the possession;
generating, by the computing system, a prediction model based on the broadcast video data and the in-venue video data, wherein the generating includes selecting the prediction model type based on whether the broadcast video data include the known starting player location and the known ending player location;
receiving, by the computing system, video data with at least one missing player location corresponding to a possession of the sporting event;
estimating, by the computing system, via the prediction model, a player location corresponding to the at least one missing player location; and
outputting, by the computing system, the estimated player location to a graphical user interface of a device.