Patent ID: 6380933
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: A63F,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
Apparatus for generating live remote video display of 3-dimensional graphical representations of a football match between first and second teams on a football pitch at a first location, comprising:player determination means situated at the first location for determining the positions of at least the football players on the football pitch, a memory disposed at a second location remote from said first location for storing downloaded three-dimensional (3D) graphical representations of said football players, apparatus disposed at said first location, or at a third location remote from both said first and second locations, including storage for storing 3D graphical representations of the players of the first team and the players of the second team, and means for downloading said 3D graphical representations of the players of the first team and the players of the second team to said memory at the second location over a low bandwidth transmission link prior to commencement of the football match, means for transmitting the positions of said football players from the first location to the second location over a low bandwidth transmission link in real time during the match, combination means situated at said second location for combining the positions of said football players transmitted over the low bandwidth transmission link with the 3D graphical representations of the players downloaded into said memory to produce a real time 3D graphical representation of the football match, and display means at the second location for displaying the 3-D graphical representation of the football match produced by the combination means.