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

Claim 15:
16. At least one processor for use in automating umpiring or automatically assisting umpiring of a baseball or softball game comprising:
at least one processor in communication with at least two cameras and at least one processor non-transitory readable storage device having processor readable code, wherein the at least one processor is operable to:
determine a location of a strike zone of a batter based on at least one image of the batter and the determined location of a home plate;
add a visual representation of the strike zone to a video including the batter or an image from the video including the batter to illustrate or indicate the location of the strike zone on the image or the video;
associate the location of the strike zone with the batter and save the location of the strike zone for reuse for subsequent at-bats for the batter;
determine parameters, including direction and velocity and/or acceleration, of a ball based on one or more images of the ball generated by the at least one two cameras;
project a trajectory of the ball based on the determined parameters of the ball;
determine whether the projected trajectory of the ball intersects with the strike zone; and
transmit an auditory indication of whether the ball is projected to intersect with the strike zone to a user device of a determining individual;
wherein the at least one processor adds the visual representation of the strike zone to the video including the batter or an image from the video including the batter to illustrate or indicate the location of the strike zone on the image or the video after receiving the video or the image from the video over a network.