Apple wants its various devices to able to offer augmentation visuals for sporting events, as evidenced by a recently granted patent (number US 12094206 B2).
About the patent
It involves systems, methods, and devices for visual augmentation of sporting events. In the patent, Apple notes that folks have become accustomed to supplemental information being displayed while watching a sporting event on television. For example, a yellow first-down line may be displayed over the field during broadcast of a football game. As another example, the score may be displayed in the lower right corner during broadcast of a basketball game.
However, when physically present at a sporting event, a person watching the sporting event live does not receive the same experience. Apple wants the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro, and perhaps even the Apple Watch to provide augmentation visuals for sporting events.
Summary of the patent
Here’s Apple’s abstract of the patent: “In one implementation, a method of displaying sports data is performed by a device including an image sensor, a display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes obtaining, using the image sensor, an image of a physical environment including a sporting event.
“The method includes detecting, in the image of the physical environment, an object. The method includes obtaining data regarding a current state of the sporting event with respect to the object. The method includes displaying, on the display in association with the physical environment, a representation of the data.”
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