System and method for event detection using an imager
AssigneeTrackman A/S
InventorMads Zingenberg Mackeprang
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Abstract
A system and an imager configured with operating parameters for capturing a sequence of images and a processor. The processor is configured to detect a ball in a first sequence of images captured by the imager configured with current operating parameters; analyze one or more conditions relating to motion of the ball or motion of a ball striking implement based on location information for the ball or the ball striking implement determined from the first sequence of the images; when the one or more conditions are satisfied, trigger a change in an operational state of the imager; and detect the ball in a second sequence of images captured by the imager configured with adjusted operating parameters.
Claims22
A system, comprising:
- an imager configured with operating parameters for capturing a sequence of images;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- detect a ball and a ball striking implement in a first sequence of images captured by the imager configured with current operating parameters;
- analyze one or more conditions relating to motion of the ball or motion of the ball striking implement based on location information for the ball or the ball striking implement determined from the first sequence of the images, wherein a first condition of the one or more conditions comprises a distance threshold between the ball and the ball striking implement;
- when the one or more conditions are satisfied, trigger a change in an operational state of the imager;
- and
- detect the ball in a second sequence of images captured by the imager configured with adjusted operating parameters.
A method, comprising:
- detecting a ball and a ball striking implement in a first sequence of images captured by an imager configured with current operating parameters;
- analyzing one or more conditions relating to motion of the ball or motion of the ball striking implement based on location information for the ball or the ball striking implement determined from the first sequence of the images, wherein a first condition of the one or more conditions comprises a distance threshold between the ball and the ball striking implement;
- when the one or more conditions are satisfied, triggering a change in an operational state of the imager;
- and
- detecting the ball in a second sequence of images captured by the imager configured with adjusted operating parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.