System and method for generating trackable video frames from broadcast video

A system for re-identifying players in a broadcast video feed, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory having programming instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, performs one or more operations, comprising:
• retrieving a broadcast video feed for a sporting event, the broadcast video feed comprising a plurality of video frames;
• generating a set of frames for classification using a principal component analysis model, wherein the set of frames are a subset of the plurality of video frames;
• partitioning each frame of the set of frames into a plurality of clusters;
• classifying each frame of the plurality of frames as trackable or untrackable, wherein trackable frames capture a unified view of the sporting event;
• comparing each cluster to a predetermined threshold to determine whether each cluster comprises at least a threshold number of trackable frames;
• and
• classifying each cluster that comprises at least the threshold number of trackable frames as trackable.

A non-transitory computer readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, perform one or more operations comprising:

• retrieving, by a computing system, a broadcast video feed for a sporting event, the broadcast video feed comprising a plurality of video frames;
• generating, by the computing system, a set of frames for classification using a principal component analysis model, wherein the set of frames are a subset of the plurality of video frames;
• partitioning, by the computing system, each frame of the set of frames into a plurality of clusters;
• classifying, by the computing system, each frame of the plurality of frames as trackable or untrackable, wherein trackable frames capture a unified view of the sporting event;
• comparing, by the computing system, each cluster to a predetermined threshold to determine whether each cluster comprises at least a threshold number of trackable frames;
• and
• classifying, by the computing system, each cluster that comprises at least the threshold number of trackable frames as trackable.