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Sports event video manipulating system for highlighting movement

US5923365A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 6, 1996
Grant dateJul 13, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 6, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B20/10
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sports event video manipulating system for manipulating a representation of a sports event, the sports editor including a video field grabber operative to grab at least one video field including a video image A/D converter operative to digitize a grabbed video field, an object tracker operative to track an object through a plurality of successive video fields, an object highlighter receiving input from the object tracker and operative to highlight the tracked object on each of the plurality of successive video fields, a D/A image converter operative to convert output of the object highlighter into a video standard format, and a video display monitor.

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