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A system is disclosed that can determine the distance a baseball would have traveled after being hit if its path was not interrupted. Thus, when a player hits a home run and the ball collides with an obstruction such as the seating area of a stadium or a wall, the present invention can determine how

A system is disclosed that can determine the distance a baseball would have traveled after being hit if its path was not interrupted. Thus, when a player hits a home run and the ball collides with an obstruction such as the seating area of a stadium or a wall, the present invention can determine how far the ball would have traveled had the ball not hit the stadium or the wall. The present invention can also be used to determine information about the path of objects other than a baseball.

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[ We claim:] [1.]1. A method for determining information about a hypothetical uninterrupted path of a ball after said ball is hit by a bat, comprising the steps of:sensing camera orientation data for a set of one or more cameras pointing at said ball while said ball is traveling along said hypotheti

[ We claim:] [1.]1. A method for determining information about a hypothetical uninterrupted path of a ball after said ball is hit by a bat, comprising the steps of:sensing camera orientation data for a set of one or more cameras pointing at said ball while said ball is traveling along said hypothetical uninterrupted path, said step of sensing uses one or more camera orientation sensors;capturing video images of said ball while said ball is traveling along said hypothetical uninterrupted path, said video images are captured using said set of one or more cameras; anddetermining an end of said hypothetical uninterrupted path based on said captured video images and said camera orientation data.