Augmented Reality Sports Data Overlay for Live Spectators
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Solution Overview
Problem
Viewers attending live sporting events lack the supplemental information typically displayed during televised broadcasts, such as scores and game statistics, which hinders their experience.
Innovation Solution
A device with an image sensor, display, and processors is used to detect objects and obtain data about a sporting event, then overlays relevant information onto the viewer's field of view using augmented reality, providing real-time sports data without obstructing the physical environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If supplemental information is displayed during televised broadcasts, then viewers receive enhanced information, but spectators at live events do not receive the same experience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses augmented reality to create a virtual copy of the television broadcast experience by overlaying digital sports data (scores, statistics, information) onto the physical stadium environment through wearable devices, allowing live spectators to access the same supplemental information as TV viewers without leaving the event
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary augmented reality system that acts as a bridge between the physical sporting event and the digital information layer, using wearable devices with displays to deliver sports data directly to spectators' fields of view, thus reconciling the information gap between live and televised viewing experiences
2Loss of information
If augmented reality overlays are displayed to provide sports data, then information is enhanced, but the view of the physical environment may be obstructed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by selectively overlaying sports data only in specific regions of the spectator's field of view rather than covering the entire view, allowing important game action to remain visible while providing supplemental information in less critical areas, thus balancing information delivery with unobstructed viewing of the physical environment
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AI summary
In one implementation, a method of displaying sports data is performed by a device including an image sensor, a display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes obtaining, using the image sensor, an image of a physical environment including a sporting event. The method includes detecting, in the image of the physical environment, an object. The method includes obtaining data regarding a current state of the sporting event with respect to the object. The method includes displaying, on the display in association with the physical environment, a representation of the data.