Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Event detection in sports
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Application No.: US16632683Application Date: 2018-07-23
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Publication No.: US11191997B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Peter Husemeyer , Dugald MacDonald , Daniel Davson , Alexander Mavros
- Applicant: Sportable Technologies Ltd.
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: Sportable Technologies Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Sportable Technologies Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: DeWitt LLP
- Agent Christopher M. Scherer
- Priority: GB1711808 20170721
- International Application: PCT/GB2018/052067 WO 20180723
- International Announcement: WO2019/016573 WO 20190124
- Main IPC: A63B24/00
- IPC: A63B24/00

Abstract:
According to an aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of detecting and categorising an event occurring on a sports field, the method comprising: obtaining a series of ball and player position data measurements; determining a rotation rate of the ball device over the time period from data received from the ball device; determining the player is likely in possession of the ball based on a plurality of possession tests comprising: comparing a current position of the ball device and the player device to identify a relative distance between the ball device and the player device and calculating if the relative distance is lower than a reference value; comparing an obtained velocity of the ball device and the player device, respectively, to identify a relative velocity of the ball device with respect to the player device and calculating if the relative velocity is lower than a reference value; and, calculating if the rotation rate of the ball device is lower than a reference value; subsequently identifying a change in possession event based on the tests; categorising the event; and, outputting a notification of the event and its associated categorisation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200246661A1 EVENT DETECTION IN SPORTS Public/Granted day:2020-08-06
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