Device, System, and Method of Computer Vision, Object Tracking, Image Analysis, and Trajectory Estimation
AssigneeBaseline Vision Ltd.
InventorMichael Chojnacki
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Abstract
Device, system, and method of computer vision, object tracking, and image analysis; particularly suitable or configured for analysis of images or videos of tennis. A device includes two adjacent and co-located cameras, oriented at an angle of 20 to 120 degrees relative to each other, capturing a combined field-of-view that covers at least 75 percent of an entirety of a tennis court. A processor analyzes the captured images or video using computer- vision algorithms, and detects a ball bounce event and its properties. Insights are generated with regard to the performance of one or more of the participating players.
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A device comprising:
- a first camera and a second camera, co-located and enclosed within a same housing;
- wherein the first camera is aimed along a first aiming vector, wherein the second camera is aimed along a second aiming vector, wherein the first and second aiming vector form an angle in the range of 20 to 120 degrees;
- wherein, upon mounting of said device on or in proximity to an edge of a net of a tennis court, the first camera is to capture images of a first segment of the tennis court, and the second camera is to capture images of a second segment of the tennis court, wherein the first segment and the second segment include at least an overlapping portion that is captured by both the first camera and the second camera, wherein a combination of the first segment and the second segment corresponds to at least 75 percent of an entirety of said tennis court;
- a memory unit to store (i) images captured by the first camera, and (ii) images substantially simultaneously by the second camera;
- a processor executing a computer-vision algorithm that analyzes said images, and detects in said images at least two of:
- (i) a first human player, (ii) a second human player, (iii) a tennis ball, (iv) court lines that define the tennis court.
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