System for enhancing a video presentation

A method of enhancing a video presentation of a moving object during a live event by combining a first video image with a second image, said first video image includes a set of pixels representing an image of said object, the method comprising the steps of:

• examining said set of pixels to determine whether said pixels have an attribute meeting a threshold;
• selectively altering an existing key signal for a subset of said set of pixels based on whether said set of pixels have said attribute meeting said threshold;
• and
• combining said first video image with a second image at least partially based on said altered key signal such that said second image appears to be behind said image of said object.

A method of enhancing a video presentation of an object during a live event, comprising the steps of:

• matching a first image to a portion of a second video image, said second video image including an image of said object, said first image is at a first position, said image of said object is at a second position, said first position overlaps with said second position;
• examining said image of said object for a predetermined attribute, said image of said object includes a set of pixels, said step of examining includes determining whether at least a subset of said set of pixels has said predetermined attribute meeting a threshold;
• and
• combining said first video image with a second video image based on said step of examining such that said first image appears behind said image of said object.

One or more computer readable storage media having computer readable program code embodied on said computer readable storage media, said computer readable program code for programming a computer to perform a method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a first video image, said first video image includes an image of a moving object;
• examining said image of said object for a predetermined attribute;
• and
• combining said first video image with a second image at least partially based on said predetermined attribute such that said second image appears to be behind said image of said object.

An apparatus for enhancing a video presentation of a moving object during a live event by combining a first video image with a second image, said first video image includes a set of pixels representing an image of said object, comprising:

• means for preparing said second image to highlight said object;
• means for examining said image of said object to determine whether said pixels have an attribute meeting a threshold;
• and
• means for combining said first video image with said second image based on said means for examining such that said second image appears to be behind said image of said object.

An apparatus for enhancing a presentation of an object during a live event, comprising:

• a camera, said camera captures a first video image, said first video image includes a set of pixels representing an image of said object;
• a processor, in communication with said camera, said processor programmed t
• prepare a second image to highlight said object,
• examine said pixels representing said image of said object to determine whether said pixels have an attribute meeting a threshold, and
• combine said first video image with said second image at least partially based on said predetermined attribute such that said second image appears to be behind said image of said object.