Broadcast Object Tracking with Lidar and Pixel Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for tracking and tagging objects within broadcasts, such as sports or golf, lack the ability to selectively track and provide detailed information about specific objects or players in real-time, failing to enhance viewer engagement with dynamic and relevant data overlays.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a system that utilizes lidar scans, camera calibration, and pixel tracking to provide detailed topographical data and overlays, including player statistics, environmental conditions, and virtual graphics, which can be manually or automatically adjusted to enhance broadcast visibility and engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If general identification of objects within a broadcast is used, then basic tracking capability is provided, but selective tracking and detailed information overlay capability is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the broadcast scene into multiple trackable objects (players, balls, equipment) and applies selective tracking to specific segments based on user selection or automated detection, enabling detailed information overlay for chosen objects without processing the entire scene uniformly
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-identifying and tagging objects of interest before the broadcast, creating a database of trackable entities with associated metadata, which enables rapid selective tracking and information overlay during live broadcasting without real-time processing delays
2Productivity
If detailed information overlays are added to enhance viewer engagement, then viewer engagement improves, but broadcast image integrity may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different qualities and densities of information overlays to different regions of the broadcast image based on object importance and viewer attention patterns, placing detailed overlays on key objects while maintaining clean areas in regions requiring high visual fidelity
Solution Approach 2:
The information overlays are dynamically adjusted in real-time based on object position, motion state, and viewer engagement metrics, allowing the system to enhance engagement when objects are stationary or less critical, and reduce overlay intensity when objects are in motion or require clear visual identification
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables real-time tracking and tagging of objects with detailed information overlays, improving viewer engagement by providing dynamic and relevant data, such as player statistics and environmental conditions, while maintaining the integrity of the broadcast image.
Implementation Method 1
a lidar scan of a golf course is utilized to provide data (in exemplary embodiments, exact data) for topography, distance, scale, etc.
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AI summary
The present disclosure presents an improved system and method for tracking and tagging objects of interest in a broadcast.