Patent ID: 6525780
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A television system wherein a target region in successive video images is replaced by a matching representation pattern adapted to be inserted into said target region, said system comprising:at least one television camera for producing a sequence of video images of a scene; a mobile control room located on-site with said at least one camera and including broadcast image processing means for receiving said video images and for adding layers of graphics and special effects to said video images to produce corresponding video images and means for outputting the corresponding video images in digital form as a broadcast feed; and virtual insertion means, located off-site from said at least camera and said broadcast image processing means, for receiving said broadcast feed and for modifying said broadcast feed by replacing a target portion of the video images of the broadcast feed with a replacement pattern adapted to be inserted into the target portion and monitoring means for monitoring the graphics and special effects added to produce the video images of the broadcast feed and for producing an output indicating that a video image received by said virtual insertion means should not be modified thereby based on the nature of the graphics and special effects that have been added to the received video image.