US Patent Issued to Pillar Vision on Feb. 17 for "Systems and methods for evaluating player performance" (California, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,769, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Pillar Vision Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for evaluating player performance" 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: "A system for evaluating player performance comprises at least one sensor for capturing images of a player performing a basketball shot. At least one processor is configured to analyze the images to determine a position of the basketball and, based on the determined position, calculate a first value indicative of a shot performance of the player. The processor is further configured to iden...