Automatic toggling of stadium uplight structures

A method comprising:

• controlling, by one or more processors, one or more sensors to capture data descriptive of a ball moving above a common focal area, wherein each of the one or more sensors are directed at the common focal area, wherein the one or more sensors comprise one or more cameras;
• based on the data, predicting, by the one or more processors, a motion characteristic of the ball;
• comparing, by the one or more processors, the motion characteristic to a threshold motion characteristic;
• in response to the motion characteristic being greater than or equal to the threshold motion characteristic, activating, by the one or more processors, at least one of the one or more uplights in the at least one of the one or more lighting structures,
• wherein controlling the one or more cameras to capture the data descriptive of the ball moving above the common focal area comprises:
• controlling, by the one or more processors, the one or more cameras, each directed towards a respective portion of the common focal area, to capture a respective video stream;
• identifying, by the one or more processors, the ball within one or more of the video streams;
• identifying, by the one or more processors, that the ball passed above a preliminary height in the one or more of the video streams at a first time;
• based on a respective position of the ball in one or more frames timestamped near the first time of the one or more video streams, determining, by the one or more processors, one or more of a velocity of the ball, a trajectory of the ball, and a rate of ascension of the ball;
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• based on the one or more of the velocity, the trajectory, and the rate of ascension, determining, by the one or more processors, a predicted path of the ball.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a computing device to:

• control one or more sensors to capture data descriptive of a ball moving above a common focal area, wherein each of the one or more sensors are directed at the common focal area,
• wherein the one or more sensors comprise one or more cameras;
• based on the data, predict a motion characteristic of the ball;
• compare the motion characteristic to a threshold motion characteristic;
• in response to the motion characteristic being greater than or equal to the threshold motion characteristic, activate at least one of the one or more uplights in the at least one of the one or more lighting structures,
• wherein instructions that cause the one or more processors to control the one or more cameras to capture the data descriptive of the ball moving above the common focal area comprise instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
• control the one or more cameras, each directed towards a respective portion of the common focal area, to capture a respective video stream;
• identify the ball within one or more of the video streams;
• identify that the ball passed above a preliminary height in the one or more of the video streams at a first time;
• based on a respective position of the ball in one or more frames timestamped near the first time of the one or more video streams, determine one or more of a velocity of the ball, a trajectory of the ball, and a rate of ascension of the ball;
• and
• based on the one or more of the velocity, the trajectory, and the rate of ascension, determine a predicted path of the ball.