Patent ID: 6297853
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G01S,G06T,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
Apparatus for advertisement image detection comprising:a T.V. camera array comprising at least one camera for generating images of a game to be broadcast,a field grabber operative to grab and digitize at least one field representing at least a portion of a sports facility viewed by said at least one T.V. camera,an advertisement image detector operative to detect at least one advertisement image in at least one field; andan advertisement exposure time counter operative to automatically count the length of an exposure time period of each advertisement image,said time counter also being operative to store at least one characteristic of the exposure time period of each advertisement image other than its length, the apparatus also comprising an advertisement fee computer operative to compute an advertisement fee according to the length of the exposure time period and said at least one other characteristic of the exposure time period.