Patents Assigned to LIVEBARN INC.
  • Patent number: 9744457
    Abstract: A system and method optically track players and automatically capture broadcastable video of a sporting event within a venue. The system includes at least one fixed tracking camera, a remote-controlled broadcast camera, and a scoreboard camera, with each of the components being in communication with a processing system. The method involves dividing the venue into zones of interest, optically tracking individual players in the zones of interest, identifying player groups in the zones of interest, determining a zone of interest containing the most players, analyzing player activity in the zone of interest with the most players, selecting a current gameplay scenario corresponding to the player activity from a set of predetermined gameplay scenarios, and adjusting the pan, tilt and zoom of a broadcast camera according to the current gameplay scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: LIVEBARN INC.
    Inventors: Peter Ibrahim, Farrel Miller
  • Patent number: 9468850
    Abstract: A system and method optically track players and automatically capture broadcastable video of a sporting event within a venue. The system includes at least one fixed tracking camera, a remote-controlled broadcast camera, and a scoreboard camera, with each of the components being in communication with a processing system. The method involves dividing the venue into zones of interest, optically tracking individual players in the zones of interest, identifying player groups in the zones of interest, determining a zone of interest containing the most players, analyzing player activity in the zone of interest with the most players, selecting a current gameplay scenario corresponding to the player activity from a set of predetermined gameplay scenarios, and adjusting the pan, tilt and zoom of a broadcast camera according to the current gameplay scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: LIVEBARN INC.
    Inventors: Peter Ibrahim, Farrel Miller