Patent ID: 6710713
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: A63B,G01S,G06K,G06T

Abstract:
A method for manipulating data for evaluating performance in athletic competition, the method comprising the steps of:tracking a plurality of athletes to produce athlete tracking data for each tracked athlete; processing the athlete tracking data for each tracked athlete to produce athlete motion data; controlling a plurality of digital video cameras, responsive to at least one of the athlete tracking data and the athlete motion data, to record digital images of at least a portion of the tracked athletes in motion, the images for each recorded, tracked, athlete comprising a temporally ordered, time-tagged, sequence of digital image frames; generating at least one graphical icon representing at least one of the athlete motion data and data derived from the athlete motion data for each athlete tracked; correlating the recorded digital image frames for each tracked, recorded athlete with at least one graphical icon for that tracked, recorded athlete; superimposing the at least one graphical icon at least one of on and near the image of the at least one athlete whose motion is represented by the at least one icon; and displaying the superimposed images.