Abstract: A method and system of automatically estimating a ball carrier in team sports.

Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to methods and apparatuses for determining a frontal body orientation. An embodiment of a method for determining a three-dimensional (3D) orientation of frontal body of a player comprises: detecting each of a plurality of players in each of a plurality of frames captured by a plurality of cameras; for each of the plurality of cameras, tracking each of the plurality of players between continuous frames captured by the camera; and associating the plurality of frames captured by the plurality of cameras to generate the 3D orientation of each of the plurality of players.

Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses may provide for technology that selects a player from a plurality of players based on an automated analysis of two-dimensional (2D) video data associated with a plurality of cameras, wherein the selected player is nearest to a projectile depicted in the 2D video data. The technology may also track a location of the selected player over a subsequent plurality of frames in the 2D video data and estimate a location of the projectile based on the location of the selected player over the subsequent plurality of frames.

Abstract: Techniques related to key person recognition in multi-camera immersive video attained for a scene are discussed. Such techniques include detecting predefined person formations in the scene based on an arrangement of the persons in the scene, generating a feature vector for each person in the detected formation, and applying a classifier to the feature vectors to indicate one or more key persons in the scene.

Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to methods and apparatuses for determining a game status. An embodiment of a method for determining a game status comprises: detecting players and a ball in a plurality of continuous frames captured by a plurality of cameras; obtaining tracking data of the players and the ball of the plurality of continuous frames; and determining a game status for each of the plurality of continuous frames based on the tracking data of the players and the ball of the plurality of continuous frames.

Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses may provide for technology that selects a player from a plurality of players based on an automated analysis of two-dimensional (2D) video data associated with a plurality of cameras, wherein the selected player is nearest to a projectile depicted in the 2D video data. The technology may also track a location of the selected player over a subsequent plurality of frames in the 2D video data and estimate a location of the projectile based on the location of the selected player over the subsequent plurality of frames.

Abstract: An example system for game status detection and trajectory fusion is described herein. The system includes a tracker to obtain a ball position and a player position based on images from a plurality of cameras and a fusion controller to combine multiple trajectories that are detected via the ball position to obtain a fused trajectory. The system also includes a finite state machine configured to model a game pattern, wherein a game status is determined via the ball position, the player position and the fused trajectory as input to the finite state machine.

Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to methods and apparatuses for determining a game status. An embodiment of a method for determining a game status comprises: detecting players and a ball in a plurality of continuous frames captured by a plurality of cameras; obtaining tracking data of the players and the ball of the plurality of continuous frames; and determining a game status for each of the plurality of continuous frames based on the tracking data of the players and the ball of the plurality of continuous frames.

Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to methods and apparatuses for determining a frontal body orientation. An embodiment of a method for determining a three-dimensional (3D) orientation of frontal body of a player comprises: detecting each of a plurality of players in each of a plurality of frames captured by a plurality of cameras; for each of the plurality of cameras, tracking each of the plurality of players between continuous frames captured by the camera; and associating the plurality of frames captured by the plurality of cameras to generate the 3D orientation of each of the plurality of players.