Object tracking
AssigneesSportlight Technology Ltd., Create Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Mellor, Shaun Prickett, David Clark
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Abstract
Example implementations relate to tracking objects such as, for example, sport participants using a combination of LIDAR and visual camera image data.
Claims21
1-51. (canceled)
An apparatus for tracking one or more than one athlete performing in an athletic event within a sports environment, the apparatus comprising:
- a. a ranging system, and a camera;
- the ranging system and the camera bearing respective fields of view, the fields of view are arranged to overlap to survey a common volume of the sports environment,
- i. the ranging system is arranged to:
- establish a ground plane associated with the sports environment, and
- produce, using the ground plane, range data relating to a respective set of one or more than one athlete of said one or more than one athlete performing in the athletic event within the sports environment;
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- ii. the camera being arranged to produce camera data relating to the respective set of one or more than one athlete of said one or more than one athlete performing in the athletic event within the sports environment, and
- b. a correlator to correlate data associated with at least one athlete of the respective set of one or more than one athlete of said one or more than one athlete performing in the athletic event within the sports environment common to both respective sets of one or more than one athlete performing within the field of views of both the ranging system and the camera.
Machine-readable storage storing machine executable code arranged, when executed by at least one processor, to track an athlete performing in an athletic event within an area for hosting the event using an apparatus comprising a ranging system, and a camera;
- the ranging system and the camera bearing respective fields of view, the fields of view being arranged to overlap to survey a common volume, the instructions comprising instructions to cause the ranging system:
- to establish a ground plane for the ranging system, and
- to produce, using the ground plane, range data relating to a respective set of one or more than one moving object within the common volume and the camera being arranged to produce camera data relating to the respective set of one or more than one moving object within the common volume;
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- instructions to identify data associated with at least one moving object of the respective set of one or more than one moving object common to both sets of one or more than one moving object within the field of views of both the ranging system and the camera.
Apparatus for tracking an athlete performing in the athletic event within a sports environment, the apparatus comprising:
- a laser ranging system (LIDAR system) and a camera;
- i. the LIDAR system and the camera bearing respective fields of view, the fields of view being arranged to overlap to survey a common volume of the sports environment,
- ii. the LIDAR system is arranged to:
- establish a ground plane associated with the sports environment, and
- produce LIDAR data, using the ground plane, relating to a respective set of one or more than one athlete of said one or more than one athlete performing in the athletic event within the sports environment;
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- iii. the camera being arrange to produce camera data relating to a respective set of one or more than one athlete of said one or more than one athlete performing in the athletic event within the sports environment objects, and
- a correlator to correlate data associated with a common athlete within the field of views of both the LIDAR system and the camera from the respective sets of said one or more than one athlete of said one or more than one athlete performing in the athletic event within the sports environment objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.