Television broadcast system for generating augmented images

A method for augmenting images of a television broadcast or television recording, the method comprising:

• recording camera images by a plurality of television cameras, and outputting the camera images as camera signals;
• generating a sequence of production images generated from a selection from the camera images of the plurality of television cameras, and outputting the production images as production image signals;
• synchronously buffered receiving of the camera images of the plurality of television cameras in a respective analysis module, wherein each camera image is analyzed and camera image metadata are generated for each camera image and a camera image hash value is calculated, and wherein the camera image metadata and the camera image hash value are asynchronously output from the respective analysis module;
• synchronously buffered receiving of the production images in a synchronization module, calculating a production image hash value for each production image, and synchronously buffered receiving of the camera image metadata and of the associated camera image hash value for each camera image, wherein the production image hash values and camera image hash values are compared and, based on the comparison, the associated camera image metadata of a camera image are assigned to a current production image as production image metadata, and the production image metadata are output synchronously buffered;
• synchronously buffered receiving of the production image metadata and of the production images in a multiplication module, compensating a time offset between a production image and the associated production image metadata in the multiplication module, and generating a superimposition in at least one subsection of the production image with an augmentation based on the production image metadata, so that an augmented production image is generated, and outputting the augmented production image.

A television broadcast system, comprising:

• a plurality of television cameras configured to record camera images and output the camera images as camera signals, or at least one storage medium configured to store the camera images previously recorded by the plurality of television cameras and output the stored camera images as camera signals;
• at least one production unit configured to generate a sequence of production images from the camera images of the plurality of television cameras and output the sequence of production images as production signals;
• a plurality of analysis modules, wherein an analysis module of the plurality of analysis modules is assigned to each television camera of the plurality of television cameras, wherein the plurality of analysis modules is configured to receive the camera images synchronously buffered, and wherein the plurality of analysis modules is configured to analyze each individual camera image, calculate camera image metadata and an associated camera image hash value for each camera image, and asynchronously output the camera image metadata and the camera image hash value for each camera image;
• a synchronization module connected to the production unit and to the plurality of analysis modules and configured to receive the production images from the at least one production unit synchronously buffered and calculate, for each production image, an associated production image hash value, and receive, for each camera image, the camera image metadata and the associated camera image hash value from the plurality of analysis modules asynchronously buffered, wherein the synchronization module is further configured to compare production image hash values and camera image hash values, and assign, based on the comparison, the associated camera image metadata of a camera image to a current production image as production image metadata, and output the production image metadata synchronously buffered;
• a multiplication module connected to the synchronization module and to the at least one production unit and configured to receive the production image metadata from the synchronization module synchronously buffered and receive the production images from the at least one production unit synchronously buffered, wherein the multiplication module is further configured to compensate for a time offset between a production image and the associated production image metadata, and wherein the multiplication module is further configured to generate, based on the production image metadata, a change in the production image of at least one subsection of the production image by an augmentation, so that an augmented production image is generated, and output the augmented production image, wherein the multiplication module is further configured to transmit, in a first state, the augmented production image, transmit, in a second state, the production image, perform, in a third state, a transition from the second state to the first state by an animation sequence, and perform, in a fourth state, a transition from the first state to the second state by an animation sequence.