Systems and methods for illustrating the flight of a projectile
AssigneeTrackman A/S
InventorsFredrik Tuxen, Frederik Ettrup Brink
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Abstract
A system for illustrating the flight of a sports ball includes a radar, an imager, and a controller. The imager is configured to image a moving sports ball. The controller is configured to (i) receive, from the imager, an image including the moving sports ball, (ii) receive, from the radar, radar data associated with the moving sports ball, (iii) determine, from the radar data, a portion of a trajectory of the moving sports ball, (iv) alter the image to illustrate the portion of the trajectory relative to the moving sports ball, and (v) output the altered image.
Claims6
A method, comprising:
- providing a first imager and a radar, the first imager and the radar being calibrated to correlate data from the radar relating to a moving object to positions within images from the first imager using a first calibration setting;
- detecting a first change in the field of view of the imager by comparing first and second images from the first imager;
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- determining a second calibration setting based on the first change in field of view of the first imager to correlate data from the radar relating to the moving object to positions within images from the imager subsequent to the first change in the field of view of the first imager.
A system for tracking a moving object, comprising:
- a first imager;
- a radar;
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- a processing unit calibrating the first imager and the radar to correlate data from the radar relating to a moving object to positions within images from the first imager using a first calibration setting, the processing unit detecting a first change in the field of view of the imager by comparing first and second images from the first imager and determining a second calibration setting based on the first change in field of view of the first imager to correlate data from the radar relating to the moving object to positions within images from the imager subsequent to the first change in the field of view of the first imager.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.