SPORTS TELEVISION CAMERA ASSIGNMENT

摘要

An arrangement of cameras and method for televising a baseball game includes first and second cameras positioned equidistant from home plate and first and third bases, the camera height above the playing field and the camera distance from the first and third baselines being chosen so that a ray to each camera, from an origin at the midpoint between the bases opposite the baseball diamond from that camera, rises at between 17 degrees and 7.9 degrees above horizontal. Alternatively, the ray rises at between 3.7 degrees and 6.1 degrees above horizontal. Distance, height, or both in combination are manipulated, within the structural constraints of the venue, to achieve this angle. The first or second camera is selected when a ball is hit. Third and subsequent cameras are subsequently selected, and the first and second camera may be re-framed and subsequently re-selected, in accordance with predetermined rules.

主权项

1. A camera system for recording a baseball game for a viewing audience or broadcasting the baseball game to the viewing audience, the baseball game being played in a stadium configured for playing baseball, wherein the stadium includes a first base line, a third base line, a borne plate, a first base, a second base and a third base, the system comprising:
a first camera position including a first camera, a second camera position including a second camera, and a third camera position including a third camera, said second camera position being disposed to a relative third base side of said first camera, and said third camera position being disposed to a relative first base side of said first camera, cooperation between said cameras allowing for a camera arrangement configured such that at least one of said second camera and said third camera is selected by a broadcasting entity as a primary play-by-play camera for recording the baseball game for the viewing audience or broadcasting the baseball game to the viewing audience.