ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,844, issued on May 12.

"Video-based analytics platform for real-time tracking of athlete and equipment movement" was invented by Robert Bradley Burkhart (Agoura Hills, Calif.), Peter Christian Maurer (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) and Edmond DeFrank (Northridge, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments disclose a multi-camera live-streaming system including a plurality of synchronized capture devices configured to transmit live video data to a network server executing artificial-intelligence-based analytics that identify, segment, and classify discrete moments of athletic activity in real time, the network server further includin...