Scorebook System Linking Image Data to Fielder Cooperation Details
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional scorebooks for baseball games are difficult to use for recording detailed information about fielder cooperation and runner advancement states, as they rely on complex symbols and recording rules, making it hard to visualize these aspects from an image.
Innovation Solution
A scorebook creating system that includes a detecting unit for identifying scene start points in picture data, a temporary-tag creating unit for adding time information, a tag-identification assigning unit for associating tags with score information, and a scorebook processing unit for creating scorebooks, allowing for the linking of score information with image data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional scorebook methods using symbols and special recording rules are used, then batting results and advancing results can be recorded, but detailed information about fielder cooperation and runner advancement states cannot be visualized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges score information data with image data by creating a unified data structure where score information (including fielder cooperation and runner advancement details) is associated with corresponding images through tags. This combination allows detailed information to be visualized directly within the image context, eliminating the need for separate complex symbolic recording systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a digital copy of the scorebook system that stores both score information and images in a structured format. Instead of using physical sheets with symbols, the system digitally replicates and enhances the scorebook functionality by embedding detailed information (fielder cooperation, runner advancement) within the digital data structure that can be accessed and visualized alongside images.
2Loss of information
If detailed information about fielder cooperation and runner advancement is recorded using conventional methods, then more information is captured, but it becomes harder to check and visualize from images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces tags as an intermediary element that connects score information with images. These tags serve as mediators that link the detailed information (fielder cooperation, runner advancement) with the corresponding visual data, making it easy to retrieve and visualize specific information by simply accessing the tagged images without sifting through complex symbolic records.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension to the scorebook system by integrating spatial and temporal information from images with score data. Instead of purely tabular or symbolic representation, the system incorporates visual dimension (images) that provides intuitive visualization of fielder positions, movements, and cooperation, making detailed information immediately observable rather than requiring interpretation of symbols.
3Loss of information
If a scorebook system links score information with image data, then detailed visualization is enabled, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the scorebook system into distinct functional modules: score information processing unit, image data processing unit, tag management unit, and data linking unit. Each module handles specific tasks independently, which simplifies the overall system architecture despite the enhanced functionality. The segmentation allows complex operations to be broken down into manageable, independent components that can be developed and maintained separately.
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AI summary
A scorebook creating apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects first information that indicates a starting point of a scene included in picture data; a temporary-tag creating unit that creates a temporary tag including time information of the first information when the detecting unit detects the first information; a tag-identification (ID) assigning unit that issues, when second information is input from an external unit, a tag ID for associating the temporary tag with the second information to assign the tag ID to the second information; and a scorebook processing unit that creates a scorebook by the second information. The temporary-tag creating unit makes a set of the last temporary tag before the tag ID is issued and the tag ID.