This invention relates to a system and method for placing event related
information into a video broadcasting so that the added information does
not interfere with or obscure the primary action of interest in the
broadcast. The disclosed information could be implemented by using
instructions from an event information gathering system to trigger the
display of one of an appropriate set of pre-rendered animations in the
broadcast video via a well known live video insertion system (48). The
disclosed invention envisages the animation sequence having at least two
parts (FIG. 4), namely a core or base sequence (34) which is always used,
and a mid or a variable sequence (56, 58, 60) which is changed according
to the actual data that needs to be displayed. The live video insertion
system data (48) and processing may be used to perform occlusion, and/or
tracking to either make the event information display look as if it is
part of the scene, or merely to occlude the display when event action
would otherwise be obscured, or to turn off or reposition, or resize the
display when event action otherwise be obscured.
