Patent ID: 11951373
Assignee: SPORTSMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for automating umpiring or automatically assisting umpiring of a baseball game or a softball game comprising:
receiving at least one image of a batter;
determining a location of a strike zone at least based on the at least one image of the batter, wherein the strike zone is a three-dimensional (3D) area of space;
receiving a plurality of images of a ball from at least two cameras;
a computer adding a visual representation of the strike zone to illustrate or indicate the location of the strike zone to a video including the batter or an image from the video including the batter;
wherein the visual representation of the strike zone comprises a two-dimensional (2D) box representing a 3D strike zone;
associating the location of the strike zone with the batter and saving the location of the strike zone for reuse for subsequent at-bats for the batter;
tracking locations of the ball in 3D space;
determining whether at least one location of the ball intersected with the strike zone based on the determined location of the strike zone and the tracked locations of the ball;
providing an indication of whether the ball intersected with the strike zone; and
wherein the computer is remote from the at least two cameras.