Event linked insertion of indicia into video

An apparatus for placing one or more event related statistics in a video broadcast of an event so that said event related statistic does not interfere with or obscure the primary action of interest in said broadcast comprising:

• a live video insertion system to identify a location and measure image motion in said video broadcast;
• a generating means for generating a display animation capable of displaying said event related statistic, said display animation including a reasonable facsimile of a part of a venue in which said event being broadcast is occurring;
• an obtaining means for obtaining said event related statistic;
• a utilization means for utilizing the obtained event statistic to select or create a statistic display animation using said display animation such that said statistic display animation includes said reasonable facsimile of said part of said venue;
• resizing means for resizing said statistic display animation in accordance with zoom, pan and tilt information from said live video insertion system;
• and,
• a mixing means for mixing said resized statistic display animation into said broadcast video using an occlusion mask from said live video insertion system to make the inserted animation appear to be an actual part of the event.

A method of placing event related information into a video broadcast so that said event related information does not interfere with or obscure a primary action of interest in said broadcast, comprising the steps of:

• using a live video insertion system to identify a location and measure image motion in said video broadcast;
• generating an animation capable of displaying said event related information;
• obtaining said event related information;
• utilizing the obtained event information to select or create an output display information animation;
• and,
• mixing said output display information animation into said broadcast video using only the occlusion processing of said live video system so that the output display information animation stays fixed with respect to the viewer's television screen, but does not obscure said primary action of interest.

A method of placing event related information into a video broadcast so that said event related information does not interfere with or obscure a primary action of interest in said broadcast, comprising the steps of:

• using a live video insertion system to identify a location and measure image motion in said video broadcast;
• generating an animation capable of displaying said event related information;
• obtaining said event related information;
• utilizing the obtained event information to select or create an output display information animation;
• and,
• mixing said output display information animation into said broadcast video using information from said live video insertion system including resizing said output display information animation so that said output display information does not obscure said primary action of interest.

A method of placing event related information into a video broadcast so that said event related information does not interfere with or obscure a primary action of interest in said broadcast, comprising the steps of:

• using a live video insertion system to identify a location and measure image motion in said video broadcast;
• generating an animation capable of displaying said event related information;
• obtaining said event related information;
• utilizing the obtained event information to select or create an output display information animation;
• and,
• mixing said output display information animation into said broadcast video using information from said live video insertion system including turning off said output display information animation so that said output display information does not obscure said primary action of interest.

A method of placing event related information into a video broadcast so that said event related information does not interfere with or obscure a primary action of interest in said broadcast, comprising the steps of:

• using a live video insertion system to identify a location and measure image motion in said video broadcast;
• generating an animation capable of displaying said event related information, said animation including a set of mid-sequence animations capable of displaying said event related information, a first core animation sequence which is used prior to said mid-sequence animation;
• a second core animation sequence which is used after said mid-sequence animation;
• obtaining said event related information;
• combining said first core animation, an appropriate mid-sequence animation and said second core animation into an output display information animation in response to said obtained event information;
• and,
• mixing said output display information animation into said broadcast video using information from said live video insertion system.

An apparatus for placing displaying one or more event related information statistics into a video broadcast so that said event related information does not interfere with or obscure the primary action of interest in said broadcast comprising:

• a live video insertion system to identify a location and measure image motion in said video broadcast;
• a mid-sequence generating means for generating a set of mid-sequence animations capable of displaying said event related information;
• a first core generating means for generating a first core animation sequence which is used prior to said mid-sequence animation;
• a second core generating means for generating a second core animation sequence which is used after said mid-sequence animation;
• an obtaining means for obtaining said event related information;
• a combining means for combining said first core animation, an appropriate mid-sequence animation and said second core animation into said output display information animation in response to said obtained event information and,
• a mixing means for mixing said output display information animation into said broadcast video using information from said live video insertion system.