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A system determines the vertical position of an object and report that vertical position in a format suitable for use on a television broadcast, a radio broadcast, the Internet or another medium. One example of a suitable use for the system includes determining the height that a basketball player ju

A system determines the vertical position of an object and report that vertical position in a format suitable for use on a television broadcast, a radio broadcast, the Internet or another medium. One example of a suitable use for the system includes determining the height that a basketball player jumped and adding a graphic to a television broadcast that displays the determined height. The system includes two or more cameras that capture a video image of the object being measured. The object's position in the video images is determined and is used to find the three dimensional location of the object. The three dimensional location includes a height coordinate. In some cases, the height coordinate is the desired vertical position. In other cases, the height or size of the object may be subtracted from the height coordinate to determined the vertical position.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for determining a vertical position of an object, comprising the steps of:receiving a first video image from a first camera and a second video image from a second camera;determining a first position of said object in said first video image and a second position o

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for determining a vertical position of an object, comprising the steps of:receiving a first video image from a first camera and a second video image from a second camera;determining a first position of said object in said first video image and a second position of said object in said second video image;determining said vertical position of said object, said step of determining said vertical position includes finding a location at or near a point of closest approach between a first vector and a second vector, said first vector corresponds to said first position and said second vector corresponds to said second position; andreporting said vertical position.