US Patent Issued on Oct. 7 for "Video-based analytics platform for real-time tracking of athlete and equipment movement" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,098, issued on Oct. 7.

"Video-based analytics platform for real-time tracking of athlete and equipment movement" was invented by Robert Bradley Burkhart (Agoura Hills, Calif.), Peter Christian Maurer (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) and Edmond DeFrank (Northridge, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments disclose a video-based analytics system to automatically calculate athletic performance metrics during a sporting event, such as a baseball game. The system utilizes at least two video cameras positioned at different locations to capture live motion video of participating athletes and corresponding sports equipment, such as a baseb...