Broadcast Wind Visualization via Sensor Overlay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for displaying wind characteristics and effects within broadcasts are inadequate, lacking effective means to measure and visualize wind impacts on objects and environments.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilizes cameras to record broadcasts, determines wind characteristics through sampling or analysis, and overlays graphics to display wind effects on objects, including tracking and tagging of players and environmental conditions like wind, heat, and terrain.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If wind characteristics are displayed through sampling or analysis in a broadcast, then viewer understanding of environmental conditions is improved, but device complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces wind characteristics data as an intermediary element that mediates between the physical wind environment and the broadcast content. This data layer allows wind information to be overlaid on the broadcast without fundamentally altering the core broadcasting system, thus resolving the contradiction by adding information visibility while maintaining system simplicity through modular data integration
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates visual representations (graphics, overlays, annotations) that copy or represent wind characteristics rather than directly transmitting the physical phenomenon. These graphical copies convey wind information to viewers through familiar visual channels, improving information delivery while avoiding the complexity of direct physical measurement and transmission systems
2Loss of information
If multiple objects are tracked and tagged with information including environmental conditions, then broadcast information density is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies tracking and tagging to objects of interest in advance or in parallel with broadcast processing. By preparing object information, trajectories, and environmental condition data beforehand or simultaneously with other broadcast operations, the system reduces post-processing time while maintaining comprehensive information delivery about multiple objects
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a universal tracking and tagging system that handles multiple object types (athletes, equipment, environmental elements) through a single integrated framework. This multi-functional approach consolidates processing operations, reducing overall computational overhead and time requirements compared to separate specialized systems for each object type
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AI summary
The present disclosure presents an improved system and method for displaying wind characteristics and effects in a broadcast. The method comprises utilizing a camera to record a broadcast, determining wind characteristics relative to the broadcast, and rendering graphics in a broadcast displaying the wind. In exemplary embodiments, wind is sampled via at least one sampling point in a venue and wind characteristics are displayed in the broadcast.