US Patent Issued to Pillar Vision on Nov. 18 for "Systems and methods for evaluating player performance in sporting events" (California, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,738, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Pillar Vision Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for evaluating player performance in sporting events" 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: "Systems and methods are provided for evaluating player performance during a sporting event. The system can use one or more sensors to capture information about actions such as shooting, dribbling, kicking and/or passing an object performed by the player and at least one processor to analyze the information in order to evaluate the player's performance. The system can de...