RICHARD HEATH CAVALLARO
Pilots at Wildrose Way, Mountain View, CA

6141060, Oct 31, 2000

Mar 5, 1999

9/264138

Stanley K. Honey - Palo Alto CA
Richard H. Cavallaro - Mountain View CA
Jerry Neil Gepner - Langhorn PA
Edward Gerald Goren - Rolling Hills CA
David Blyth Hill - Pacific Palisades CA

Fox Sports Productions, Inc. - Los Angeles CA

H04N 718

348578

Pan, tilt and zoom sensors are coupled to a broadcast camera in order to determine the field of view of the broadcast camera and to make a rough estimate of a target's location in the broadcast camera's field of view. Pattern recognition techniques can be used to determine the exact location of the target in the broadcast camera's field of view. If a preselected target is at least partially within the field of view of the broadcast camera, all or part of the target's image is enhanced. The enhancements include replacing the target image with a second image, overlaying the target image or highlighting the target image. Examples of a target include a billboard, a portion of a playing field or another location at a live event. The enhancements made to the target's image can be seen by the television viewer but are not visible to persons at the live event.

8456527, Jun 4, 2013

Dec 19, 2007

11/960577

Vidya Elangovan - Sunnyvale CA, US
Richard H. Cavallaro - Mountain View CA, US
Timothy P. Heidmann - Los Altos CA, US
Marvin S. White - San Carlos CA, US
Kenneth A. Milnes - Fremont CA, US

Sportvision, Inc. - Chicago IL

H04N 7/18, G06K 9/00, G06K 9/62

348157, 348142, 348143, 348148, 348154, 348159, 382103, 382209, 382216

An object is detected in images of a live event by storing and indexing templates based on representations of the object from previous images. For example, the object may be a vehicle which repeatedly traverses a course. A first set of images of the live event is captured when the object is at different locations in the live event. A representation of the object in each image is obtained, such as by image recognition techniques, and a corresponding template is stored. When the object again traverses the course, for each location, the stored template which is indexed to the location can be retrieved for use in detecting the object in a current image. The object's current location may be obtained from GPS data from the object, for instance, or from camera sensor data, e. g. , pan, tilt and zoom, which indicates a direction in which the camera is pointed.

7154540, Dec 26, 2006

Apr 27, 2001

09/844524

Stanley K. Honey - Palo Alto CA, US
Richard H. Cavallaro - Mountain View CA, US
Jerry Neil Gepner - Langhorn PA, US
Edward Gerald Goren - Rolling Hills CA, US
David Blyth Hill - Pacific Palisades CA, US

Fox Sports Productions, Inc. - Los Angeles CA

H04N 5/228, H04N 9/74

3482221, 348578

Pan, tilt and zoom sensors are coupled to a broadcast camera in order to determine the field of view of the broadcast camera and to make a rough estimate of a target's location in the broadcast camera's field of view. Pattern recognition techniques can be used to determine the exact location of the target in the broadcast camera's field of view. If a preselected target is at least partially within the field of view of the broadcast camera, all or part of the target's image is enhanced. The enhancements include replacing the target image with a second image, overlaying the target image or highlighting the target image. Examples of a target include a billboard, a portion of a playing field or another location at a live event. The enhancements made to the target's image can be seen by the television viewer but are not visible to persons at the live event.

6167356, Dec 26, 2000

Jun 30, 1999

9/344290

William F. Squadron - Scarsdale NY
Richard H. Cavallaro - Mountain View CA
Stanley K. Honey - Palo Alto CA
Nicholas R. Kalayjian - San Francisco CA
Terence J. O'Brien - San Jose CA
Marvin S. White - San Carlos CA

Sportvision, Inc. - New York NY

G01C 500

702166

A system is disclosed that can measure the vertical height and/or the hang time of a jump. The system includes an acceleration detector, a controller, a display, a power source and a case that houses the components in a manner that allows the device to be worn or held by a person or object. The acceleration detector is used to determine the start of a jump and the end of a jump. Based on the time elapsed between the start of the jump and the end of the jump, the controller can determine the vertical height of the jump and/or the hang time.

8456526, Jun 4, 2013

Aug 25, 2006

11/467467

James R. Gloudemans - San Mateo CA, US
Walter Hsiao - Mountain View CA, US
John LaCroix - Oakland CA, US
Richard H. Cavallaro - Mountain View CA, US
Marvin S. White - San Carlos CA, US

Sportvision, Inc. - Chicago IL

H04N 7/18

348157

A video effect is created that provides an experience to a viewer of freezing time during an event that is the subject of a video presentation, investigating the event during that frozen moment in time, and (optionally) resuming the action of the event. During that frozen moment in time, the video can move around the scene of the event and/or zoom in (or out) to better highlight an aspect of the event. In one embodiment, there will be a transition from video captured by a broadcast camera (or another camera) to a high resolution still image, movement around the high resolution still image, and a transition from the high resolution still image back to video from the broadcast camera (or another camera).

2013003, Feb 7, 2013

Jul 18, 2012

13/551997

Kenneth A. Milnes - Fremont CA, US
Stanley K. Honey - Palo Alto CA, US
James O. McGuffin - Saratoga CA, US
Richard H. Cavallaro - Mountain View CA, US
John R. Borton - Los Gatos CA, US
Rand Pendleton - Santa Cruz CA, US

H04N 7/18

348144, 348E07085

A system for enhancing video can insert graphics, in perspective, into the video where the positions of the graphics are dependent on sensor measurements of the locations and/or attitudes of objects and the movable camera capturing the video.

6229550, May 8, 2001

Sep 24, 1998

9/160428

James R. Gloudemans - San Mateo CA
Richard H. Cavallaro - Mountain View CA
Stanley K. Honey - Palo Alto CA
Marvin S. White - San Carlos CA

Sportvision, Inc. - New York NY

G06F 1500

345435

A graphic and video are blended by controlling the relative transparency of corresponding pixels in the graphic and the video through the use of blending coefficients. One example of a blending coefficient is an alpha signal used in conjunction with a keyer. The value of a blending coefficient for a pixel in the graphic is based on the luminance and chrominance characteristics of a neighborhood of pixels in the video. Inclusions and exclusions are set up which define how the neighborhood of pixels is used to create or change a particular blending characteristic.

2012023, Sep 13, 2012

Jan 17, 2012

13/351554

Richard H. Cavallaro - Mountain View CA, US
John Roy Borton - Los Gatos CA, US

G06N 5/02, G06G 7/48

706 46, 703 3

A simulation system is proposed that makes use of historical and live data sensed for one or more objects (e.g., people, cars, balls, rackets, etc.). An event will include one or more decision points. A choice of an action to take at a decision point is made. That chosen action will be simulated based on the historical and live data. The simulation can be compared to the actual action taken in the event as a way to judge the choice. Although the choice of action to take at the decision point is simulated, the real event is not altered by the choice.

7075556, Jul 11, 2006

Oct 21, 1999

09/425992

Kevin R. Meier - Redwood City CA, US
Walter Hsiao - Mountain View CA, US
James R. Gloudemans - San Mateo CA, US
Marvin S. White - San Carlos CA, US
Richard H. Cavallaro - Mountain View CA, US
Stanley K. Honey - Palo Alto CA, US

Sportvision, Inc. - New York NY

G06T 15/00

345629, 345630, 382276

A telestrator system is disclosed that allows a broadcaster to annotate video during or after an event. For example, while televising a sporting event, an announcer (or other user) can use the present invention to draw over the video of the event to highlight one or more actions, features, etc. In one embodiment, when the announcer draws over the video, it appears that the announcer is drawing on the field or location of the event. Such an appearance can be performed by mapping the pixels location from the user's drawing to three dimensional locations at the event. Other embodiments include drawing on the video without obscuring persons and/or other specified objects, and/or smoothing the drawings in real time.

2011021, Sep 8, 2011

Oct 15, 2010

12/906003

Richard H. Cavallaro - Mountain View CA, US
John Roy Borton - Los Gatos CA, US
Gerald Russell - Emerald Hills CA, US

A63B 41/00

473603

A ball includes a bladder and a cover disposed over the bladder. The bladder is typically filled with air. The cover may be made of leather, rubber, or other material. One or more electrical components are positioned inside the ball.