Sports scorekeeping system with integrated scoreboard and automatic entertainment system
An on-demand sports video streaming service generates live broadcasts of sporting events with an automated video capture system. Multiple cameras automatically which track game play are controlled to create a combined output. Game event data, including scoreboard information, audible queues or visual queues are implemented to assist in directing and controlling video content and to provide scoring, timing or player information into the video output.
1. A system comprising:
a game data input operable to receive game data associated with an athletic event; one or more video inputs, each operable to receive video data from at least one of a plurality of associated video cameras;
a controller, including a processor and memory, operable to select or control operation of at least one of the plurality of associated video cameras in accordance with received game data; and
an output operable to communicate event data comprised of video data from one or more selected or controlled video cameras,
wherein the event data further includes scoreboard data corresponding to received game data.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the scoreboard data includes official time data corresponding to received game data.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the controller is further operable to:
receive the video data;
detect objects depicted by the video data; and
select or control operation of one or more video cameras in accordance with detected objects.
4. The system of claim 3 wherein the game data input is further operable to receive the game data from an associated scorekeeping console.
5. The system of claim 4 wherein the scorekeeping console is operable to receive game-related input via a user interface from an associated scoreboard operator.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein the memory is configured to store team roster data comprising player names and associated player uniform numbers;
wherein the controller is further operable to detect player uniform numbers from received video data;
wherein the controller is further operable to generate identifier data by association of detected player uniform numbers with team roster data; and
wherein the controller is further operable to generate the event data including the identifier data.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the controller is further operable to generate index data corresponding to game events detected from the video data; and
wherein the controller is further operable to generate the event data including the index data.
8. A method comprising:
receiving scoreboard data associated with a scoreboard display at an athletic event;
receiving video data of the athletic event from a plurality of associated video cameras;
selecting or controlling, via a controller including a processor and memory, operation of at least one of the plurality of associated video cameras in accordance with received scoreboard data; and
communicating event data comprised of video data from one or more selected or controlled video cameras,
wherein the event data further includes the scoreboard data.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the scoreboard data includes official time relative to the athletic event corresponding to received game data.
10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:
receiving the video data;
detecting objects depicted by the video data via the controller; and
selecting or controlling operation of one or more video cameras in accordance with detected objects.
11. The method of claim 10 further comprising receiving the game data from an associated scorekeeping console.
12. The method of claim 11 further comprising receiving game-related input via a user interface from an associated scoreboard operator.
13. The method of claim 8 further comprising:
storing team roster data comprising player names and associated player uniform numbers in an associated data storage;
detecting, via the controller, player uniform numbers from received video data;
generating identifier data by association of detected player uniform numbers with team roster data; and
generating the event data including the identifier data.
14. The method of claim 8 further comprising generating, via the controller, index data corresponding to game events detected from the video data.
15. A system comprising:
an input operable to receive game play data indicative of active play in a sporting event;
a plurality of video cameras directed to the sporting event;
a controller including a processor and memory operable to receive video data from each of the plurality of video cameras;
the controller operable to detect objects relating to the game event from received video data;
the controller operable to select or control at least one of the plurality of video cameras in accordance with the game play data and the and detected objects; and
the controller operable to output game data comprised of video data corresponding to selection or control of each of the plurality of video cameras by the controller.
16. The system of claim 15 further wherein the input is operable to receive the game play data corresponding to an audible input from the sporting event.
17. The system of claim 16 wherein the audible input is comprised of a whistle.
18. The system of claim 15 wherein the input is operable to receive the game play data corresponding to an optical input from the sporting event.
19. The system of claim 15 wherein at least one of the video cameras comprise the optical input.
20. The system of claim 19 further comprising the controller operable to select or control at least one of the plurality of cameras in accordance with the plurality of detected objects comprising a recognized player formation associated with the sporting event.