System for event timing and photography
OwnerTodd Martininventor
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Abstract
A system for identifying and timing an athlete during a timed sporting event. The athlete is timed using image recognition technology in which one or more images of the athlete taken during the sporting event by a camera (106a, 106b, or 106c) is time-stamped to generate a finish time for the athlete. The athlete is identified by comparing one of the images taken during the sporting event with a profile image of the athlete.
Claims20
A platform configured to identify and track a participant in a sporting event as the participant traverses a race course of the sporting event, the platform comprising:
- eyewear having a lens and being configured to rest on the participant's nose, said eyewear being trackable along the race course and configured for Bluetooth communications and configured with imaging technology;
- a wireless Bluetooth sensor network with a plurality of Bluetooth transceivers positionable along the course within communications range of said eyewear to convey sporting event participation data as the participant traverses the race course;
- a photo zone including a communications hub and a camera;
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- a processor configured to:
- upload the participation data to the platform through the Bluetooth sensor network;
- provide an over-all race time of the participant in the sporting event using the participant's eyewear without relying on RFID technology;
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- initiate an image capture with said camera as the participant approaches the photo zone to provide the participant with their participation image taken during the sporting event.
A method for timing and photographing a sporting event participant, comprising:
- Registering, a with a timing and photography platform, eyewear configured to rest on the participant's nose, the eyewear having a lens, and being configured for Bluetooth communications and configured with imaging technology;
- timing the participant in the sporting event using the eyewear without relying on RFID technology to identify the participant;
- detecting an approach of the participant to a photo zone using a plurality of Bluetooth transceivers positionable along a sporting event course, the transceivers being within communications range of the eyewear as the participant traverses the course;
- initiating an image capture of the participant in the sporting event as the participant passes through the photo zone;
- uploading the participant image to an account associated with the participant to provide the participant with an image of their participation in the sporting event;
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- assigning the participant with a finish time based on data received through the plurality of Bluetooth transceivers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.