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US 10521671
Methods and systems of spatiotemporal pattern recognition for video content development
Current assignee: Genius Sports SS LLC
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Patent Overview: US10521671B2
Title: Methods and systems of spatiotemporal pattern recognition for video content development
Patent Number: US10521671B2 | Application: US15/586,379
Assignee: Original assignee Second Spectrum Inc; current assignee listed as Genius Sports SS LLC (per the supplied text's assignment records).
Key Dates (from supplied text):
- Priority date: 2014-02-28 (external priority claimed from US14/634,070)
- Filing date: 2017-05-04
- Publication date (grant): 2019-12-31
- Adjusted expiration: 2035-03-27
- Status listed: Active
Inventors: Yu-Han Chang, Rajiv Maheswaran, Jeffrey Wayne Su, Noel Hollingsworth
Purpose and Plain-Language Scope:
The title and classifications indicate the patent concerns spatiotemporal pattern recognition applied to video content development. Its classifications include G06V20/40 and G06V20/41–20/42 (scene-specific elements in video content; semantic clustering/classification/understanding of video scenes, including detection, labelling or Markovian modelling of sport events or sport video content), A63F13/60 (generating or modifying game content), G06F3/011–3/013 (user immersion/head-tracking/eye-tracking inputs), G06N20/00 (machine learning), and G11B27/00–27/19 (editing, indexing, addressing, timing/synchronising). Prior-art keywords listed include: video, event, feed, feeds, machine learning. These elements collectively suggest a system that identifies events or patterns within video feeds, potentially using machine learning, with possible applications in sports and gaming.
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US10521671](/patent/US10521671)/en
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