ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,216, issued on June 3, was assigned to ACTIVE TRACK LLC (Portland, Ore.).
"Artificial intelligence-based timing, imaging, and tracking system for the participatory athletic event market" was invented by Arash Kia (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for tracking competitors conducting a race on a track includes multiple object-recognition devices positioned to recognize objects at predetermined locations along the track. The object-recognition devices are configured to recognize at least one physical feature of each of the competitors. A processing device is configured to determine a time at which a competitor reach...