ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,410, issued on July 29, was assigned to Pillar Vision Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for enabling dispersed athletic games" was invented by Alan W. Marty (Menlo Park, Calif.) and John Carter (Elkmont, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for enabling dispersed athletic games comprises first and second sensors respectively configured to capture first images of a first player playing a dispersed sporting game on a first court or field and a second player playing the dispersed sporting game on a second court or field. The system also comprises a server configured to analyze the first images and the second images...